Polysiphonia eastwoodiae Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1930

Publication Details
Polysiphonia eastwoodiae Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1930: 161 (as 'Eastwoodae')

Published in: Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. (1930). Marine algae of the Revillagigedo Islands Expedition in 1925. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, Series 4 19(11): 109-215, pls 4-15.

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Publication date: 30 December 1930

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 Melanothamnus eastwoodiae (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) 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: South Anchorage, Isla Guadalupe, Islas Revillagigedo; (Setchell & Gardner 1930: 161) Holotype: H.L. Mason No. 55; April 1925; Growing on rocks.; CAS; 173674 (Setchell & Gardner 1930: 161)

Eponomy
Named for Alice Eastwood (1859-1953), Canadian-American Botanist.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 15 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 20 January 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 January 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 November 2024

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