Polysiphonia prostrata Harvey 1855
Publication Details
Polysiphonia prostrata Harvey 1855: 540
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 525-566.
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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 Epizonaria prostrata (Harvey) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs.
Source of Synonymy
Díaz-Tapia, P., Maggs, C.A., West, J.A. & Verbruggen, H. (2017). Analysis of chloroplast genomes and a supermatrix inform reclassification of the Rhodomelaceae (Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 53(5): 920-937, 2 figs.
Type Information
Type locality: Fremantle, Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 526) Holotype: Harvey; on Lobophora; TCD (Harvey Trav. Set); (Womersley 2003: 333)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), prostrate.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 29 September 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 16 November 2017
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 November 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
