Polysiphonia hapalacantha Harvey 1853
Publication Details
Polysiphonia hapalacantha Harvey 1853: 39
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1853). Nereis boreali-americana; or, contributions towards a history of the marine algae of the atlantic and pacific coasts of North America. Part II. Rhodospermeae. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 5(5): [i-ii], [1]-258, pls XIII-XXXVI.
Type 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: Key West, Florida, USA; (Mamoozadeh & Freshwater 2011: 278) Notes: Isotype: US-66793 (slides US-3325, 3326), W.H. Harvey, Feb. 1850 (Mamoozadeh & Freshwater (2011: 278).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 26 June 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 March 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024