Polysiphonia thuyoides Harvey 1836

Publication Details
Polysiphonia thuyoides Harvey 1836: 205 (as 'P. thuyoides Harv. MSS')

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1836). Algae. In: Flora hibernica comprising the Flowering Plants Ferns Characeae Musci Hepaticae Lichenes and Algae of Ireland arranged according to the natural system with a synopsis of the genera according to the Linnaean system. (Mackay, J.T. Eds), pp. 157-254. Dublin, London & Edinburgh: William Curry Jun and Company; Simpkin Marshall and Co; Fraser & Co.

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Type Species
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 Vertebrata thuyoides (Harvey) Kuntze.

Source of Synonymy
Díaz-Tapia, P., McIvor, L., Freshwater, D.W., Verbruggen, H., Wynne, M.J. & Maggs, C.A. (2017). The genera Melanothamnus Bornet & Falkenberg and Vertebrata S.F. Gray constitute well-defined clades of the red algal tribe Polysiphonieae (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales). European Journal of Phycology 52(1): 1-20, 77 figs.

Type Information
Type locality: Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare, Ireland; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 364) Lectotype: 1831; TCD; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 364)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), resembling the genus Thuja (Neal 1993).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 25 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 22 November 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024

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