Polysiphonia isogona Harvey 1855
Publication Details
Polysiphonia isogona Harvey 1855: 231
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Algae. In: The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839-1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross.... II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part II. Flowerless plants. (Hooker, J.D. Eds), pp. 211-266. London: Reeve.
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 isogona (Harvey) 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: Blind Bay, Cook Straits, New Zealand; (Womersley 2003: 213) Lectotype: Lyall; August 1849; BM; (Womersley 2003: 213) Notes: Womersley (2003: 213) notes that there is a similar specimen in TCD but dated September 1850.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Habitat
Usually growing as a turf, often amongst sand, at about low tide level under moderate to strong wave action, occasionally in calmer water (Womersley 2003: 213).
Created: 04 August 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 January 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 January 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 December 2024
