Polysiphonia savatieri Hariot 1891
Publication Details
Polysiphonia savatieri Hariot 1891: 226
Published in: Hariot, P. (1891). Liste des algues marines rapportés de Yokoska (Japon) par M. le Dr Savatier. Mémoires de la Société nationale des sciences naturelles de Cherbourg 27: 211-230.
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 savatieri (Hariot) 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: Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan; (Silva & al. 1996: 542) Lectotype: PC; 0011879 (upper left specimen) (INA 1996) Notes: LT fide Kim 2005, 167 (INA).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 12 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 June 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 June 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 November 2024
