Polysiphonia opaca var. tripinnata (J.Agardh) Ardissone 1883

Publication Details
Polysiphonia opaca var. tripinnata (J.Agardh) Ardissone 1883: 389

Published in: Ardissone, F. (1883). Phycologia mediterranea. Parte prima, Floridee. Memorie della Società Crittogamologica Italiana 1: [i]-x, [1]-516 + erratum slip.

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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 Vertebrata tripinnata (Harvey) Kuntze.

Basionym
Polysiphonia tripinnata J.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: In mari Adriatico ad Tergestum (Trieste, Italy); (Agardh 1842: 142) Lectotype (tetrasporangial): Biasoletto; LD; sheet number 40938 of J. Agardh's herbarium (Diaz-Tapia et al. 2013: 152, fig. 1)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), darkened, dull, not shining, opaque (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 February 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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