Polysiphonia simpliciuscula P.Crouan & H.Crouan 1852
Current name:
Ophidocladus simpliciusculus (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Falkenberg
microscope, Spain, Galicia, A Coruña, Barrañán beach, 2003; erect axes arising from prostrate axisIgnacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Polysiphonia simpliciuscula P.Crouan & H.Crouan 1852: no. 302
Published in: [Crouan, P.L. & Crouan, H.M.] (1852). Algues marines du Finistère. Vol. 1-3 pp. Premier volume, Fucóïdees: 1 Apr 1852 (signed on p. [8]), p. [1]-[12], 1 -112 specimens with detailed labels, [vii, index]. Deuxième volume, Floridées: 1852, p. [1]-[12], 113-322, id., [iv-xi, index]. Troisième volume, Zoospermées: 1852, p. [l]-[8], 323-4. Brest: chez Crouans frères, pharmaciens.
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 Ophidocladus simpliciusculus (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Falkenberg.
Source of Synonymy
Falkenberg, P. (1901). Die Rhodomelaceen des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte Heraus gegeben von der zoologischen Station zu Neapel. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, Monographie 26. pp. i-xvi, 1-754, 10 figs, 24 pls. Berlin: Verlag von R. Friedländer & Sohns.
Type Information
Type locality: Anse du Minou, Finistère, France; (Crouan & Crouan 1852: no. 302) Lectotype: PC; 0581971 (Diaz-Tapia et al. 2014: 202, fig. 2) Notes: According to Womersley (2003: 337) the holotype should be in Herb. Crouan, CO and he describes an isotype (Crouan 302) in PC. No specimens of P. simpliciuscula were found in the Crouan brothers' Herbarium (CO but temporarily in PC), and a specimen corresponding to the Crouans' exsiccata was selected as lectotype in the herbarium of Thuret (Diaz-Tapia et al., 2014: 202).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 17 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 18 March 2016
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 March 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024
