Polysiphonia complanata (Clemente) J.Agardh, nom. illeg. 1863

Publication Details
Polysiphonia complanata (Clemente) J.Agardh, nom. illeg. 1863: 933

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1863). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 3. pp. 787-1138, 1158-1291. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup. [in Latin]

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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 Pterosiphonia complanata (Clemente) Falkenberg.

Basionym
Fucus complanatus Clemente

Type Information
Type locality: "Cir. Tarifa" [Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain]; (Clemente 1807: 316) Lectotype: MA; Algae 1464 (Cremades 1993: fig. 4b)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), flattened out, usually in one plane (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 15 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 30 May 2011

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 May 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024

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