Polysiphonia mollis Hooker f. & Harvey 1847
Publication Details
Polysiphonia mollis Hooker f. & Harvey 1847: 43
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1847). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic regions; deposited in the Herbarium of the Dublin University. [Part 1]. pp. i-viii, 1-64, pls I-XXV. London: Reeve Brothers.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Polysiphonia is Polysiphonia urceolata (Lightfoot ex Dillwyn) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: "Tasmania, parasitical on the larger Algae, Mr. Gunn (v. s. in Herb. T.C.D. comm. coll. Hooker)"; (Harvey 1847: 43) Lectotype (designated by Womersley 1979: 477): R.C. Gunn 1316; BM; "Gunn 1316" [lower specimen] (Womersley 1979: 184) Notes: Isolectotype (upper specimen of "Gunn 1316") is attached to a Eucalyptus leaf. Lipkin & Silva (2002) give the following data: lectotype ("Gunn 1316") in BM (ex K), isotypes in BM (ex K), TCD (see Womersley 1979: 477).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), soft, pliant (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 05 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 February 2023
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Nomenclatural note
Polysiphonia mollis Hooker & Harvey ex Harvey 1847: 43 (Womersley 2003: 183). - (28 January 2009) - G.M. Guiry
Taxonomic note
South & Skelton (2003: 740) cite Polysiphonia mollis var. tongatensis (Harvey ex Kützing) Hollenberg 1968a and Polysiphonia tongatensis Harvey ex Kützing 1864 as synonyms of this species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Distributional note
Womersley (2003: 184) considers it unlikely that P. mollis occurs outside southern Australia. - (11 June 2010) - G.M. Guiry
Habitat note
Widespread in warm and warm-temperate seas. On many algal species in all photophilic communities in shallow waters (Lipkin & Silva 2002). - (11 June 2010) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 April 2025
