Polysiphonia violacea (Roth) Sprengel 1827
Current name:
Vertebrata fucoides (Hudson) Kuntze
Collected near Roscoff (F), December 1984 - 29 December 2011. Christine Wosnitza
Publication Details
Polysiphonia violacea (Roth) Sprengel 1827: 348
Published in: Sprengel, K.[P.J.] (1827). Systema vegetabilium Editio decima sexta. Voluminis IV. Pars I. Classis 24. Vol. 4 pp. [i]-iv, [1]-592. Gottingae [Göttingen]: sumtibus Librariae Dieterichianae.
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 Vertebrata fucoides (Hudson) Kuntze.
Source of Synonymy
Maggs, C.A. & Hommersand, M.H. (1993). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1. Rhodophyta. Part 3A. Ceramiales. pp. [i]-xv, 1-444, 129 figs, map. London: HMSO.
Basionym
Ceramium violaceum Roth
Type Information
Type locality: Germany: Eckwarden, Oldenburg; (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), violet, refers to the blue-red colours nearer blue (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 06 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 December 2022
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Taxonomic note
According to Maggs & Hommersand (1993) this name is a synonym of Polysiphonia fibrillosa (Dillwyn) Sprengel. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Distributional note
According to Maggs and Hommersand 1993 Polysiphonia violacea from Helgoland (Kornmann and Sahling 1978) is Neosiphonia harveyi; thus this species is present on Helgoland for at least 36 years.
- (14 July 2007) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 December 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 April 2025
