Polysiphonia rhizoidea Meñez 1964
Publication Details
Polysiphonia rhizoidea Meñez 1964: 217, fig. 5
Published in: Meñez, E.G. (1964). The taxonomy of Polysiphonia in Hawaii. Pacific Science 18(2): 207-222.
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The type species (holotype) of the genus Polysiphonia is Polysiphonia urceolata (Lightfoot ex Dillwyn) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Wilsonosiphonia rhizoidea (Meñez) G.H.Boo, T.O.Cho, A.R.Sherwood & M.T.Fujii.
Source of Synonymy
Boo, G.H., Cho, T.O., Sherwood, A.R., Boo, S.M. & Fujii, M.T. (2020). Discovery of Wilsonosiphonia fujiae (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Maldives Islands and transfer of Polysiphonia rhizoidea from Hawai'i to Wilsonosiphonia
. Phytotaxa 451(1): 63-72, 4 fig., 1 table.
Type Information
Type locality: Puna, Hawaii; (INA 1996) Type: Doty 19256; 23.xii.1959; (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 July 2020
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 July 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 November 2024
