Polysiphonia sphaerocarpa Børgesen 1918

Publication Details
Polysiphonia sphaerocarpa Børgesen 1918: 271, figs. 267-271

Published in: Børgesen, F. (1918). The marine algae of the Danish West Indies. Part 3. Rhodophyceae (4). Dansk Botanisk Arkiv 3: 241-304, Figs 231-307.

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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 Melanothamnus sphaerocarpus (Børgesen) 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: Store Nordsidebugt (Magens Bay), St. Thomas, Virgin Islands; (Børgesen 1918: 271) Type: C?; (Huisman 2018: 549) Notes: Isotypes: US, C. (Díaz-Tapia et al., 2017).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 15 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 08 May 2022

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 May 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024

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