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Heterosiphonia wurdemannii var. laxa Børgesen 1919

Current name: Heterosiphonia crispella var. laxa (Børgesen) M.J.Wynne
Panama. Branch apex showing branchlets developing at every other segmentDiane Littler (littlerd@si.edu)

Publication Details
Heterosiphonia wurdemannii var. laxa Børgesen 1919: 327, figs 327, 328

Published in: Børgesen, F. (1919). The marine algae of the Danish West Indies. Part 3. Rhodophyceae (5). Dansk Botanisk Arkiv 3: 305-368, Figs 308-360.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Heterosiphonia is Heterosiphonia berkeleyi Montagne.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Heterosiphonia crispella var. laxa (Børgesen) M.J.Wynne.

Source of Synonymy
Wynne, M.J. (1985). Concerning the names Scagelia corallina and Heterosiphonia wurdmannii (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta). Cryptogamie, Algologie 6: 81-90, 4 figs.

Type Information
Type locality: St. Croix, Virgin Islands; (Silva & al. 1996: 441)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 28 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 08 October 2018

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Taxonomic note
According to Lipkin & Silva (2002: 32), H. crispella var. laxa (Borgesen) Wynne (H. wurdemanni var. laxa Borgesen) appears to be merely a shaded-habitat ecophene. - (09 June 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 October 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 June 2025