Polysiphonia scopulorum var. villum (J.Agardh) Hollenberg 1968
Publication Details
Polysiphonia scopulorum var. villum (J.Agardh) Hollenberg 1968: 81, 83, fig. 7a
Published in: Hollenberg, G.J. (1968). An account of the species of Polysiphonia of the central and western tropical Pacific Ocean. I. Oligosiphonia. Pacific Science 22: 56-98, 43 figs.
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 Polysiphonia villum J.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
Huisman, J.M., Kim, B. & Kim, M.S. (2017). The phylogenetic position of Polysiphonia scopulorum (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) based on molecular analyses and morphological observations of specimens from the type locality in Western Australia. Phytotaxa 324(1): 51-62, 2 figs.
Basionym
Polysiphonia villum J.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: "ad littus americae tropicae" (Mexico); (Silva & al. 1996: 545) Type: Liebman; (INA 1996) Notes: Isotype: US00164816; "Americae tropicae", probably Pacific Mexico (Díaz-Tapia & Verbruggen, 2023).
Origin of Species Name
Noun (plural possessive) (Latin), of the (sharp) rocks, of cliffs, (Brown 1954).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 14 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 March 2019
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 March 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 November 2024
