Polysiphonia tongatensis Harvey ex Kützing 1864

Melanothamnus tongatensis (Harvey ex Kützing) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs

Current name: Melanothamnus tongatensis (Harvey ex Kützing) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs
Panama. Erect axes with tetrasporangia in short spiral seriesDiane Littler (littlerd@si.edu)

Publication Details
Polysiphonia tongatensis Harvey ex Kützing 1864: 14, pl. 41: figs. a-d

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1864). Tabulae phycologicae; oder, Abbildungen der Tange. Vol. XIV pp. [i-iii], 1-35, 100 pls. Nordhausen: Gedruckt auf kosten des Verfassers (in commission bei W. Köhne).

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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 Melanothamnus tongatensis (Harvey ex Kützing) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs.

Type Information
Type locality: Tonga ("Friendly Islands"); (Silva & al. 1996: 543) Type: W.H. Harvey; L; Notes: Holotype: L 4083619 (Díaz-Tapia et al., 2017). Isotype: TCD (Kim & Lee, 1999: 280). "Friendly Island". Harvey (Kützing, 1864: 14).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 06 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 September 2021

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