Polysiphonia rufolanosa Harvey 1855
Current name:
Asparagopsis armata Harvey
Falkenbergia rufolanosa stadium, upper subtidal, Islas Cíes, Galicia, Spain, 2012Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Polysiphonia rufolanosa Harvey 1855: 540
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 525-566.
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 Asparagopsis armata Harvey.
Type Information
Type locality: King George Sound, Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 182) Holotype: TCD;
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 27 September 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 May 2009
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 May 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
