Polysiphonia tongatensis Harvey ex Kützing 1864
Current name:
Melanothamnus tongatensis (Harvey ex Kützing) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs
Panama. Pericentral cell with proximal rhizoid; rhizoid separated from parent cell by distinct cell wallDiane Littler (littlerd@si.edu)
Publication Details
Polysiphonia tongatensis Harvey ex Kützing 1864: 14, pl. 41: figs. a-d
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1864). Tabulae phycologicae; oder, Abbildungen der Tange. Vol. XIV pp. [i-iii], 1-35, 100 pls. Nordhausen: Gedruckt auf kosten des Verfassers (in commission bei W. Köhne).
Request PDFType 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 Melanothamnus tongatensis (Harvey ex Kützing) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs.
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: Tonga ("Friendly Islands"); (Silva & al. 1996: 543) Type: W.H. Harvey; L; Notes: Holotype: L 4083619 (Díaz-Tapia et al., 2017). Isotype: TCD (Kim & Lee, 1999: 280). "Friendly Island". Harvey (Kützing, 1864: 14).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 06 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 07 September 2021
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 September 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 November 2024
