Polyphysa myriospora (A.B.Joly & Cordiero-Marinha) S.Berger & M.J.Kaever, nom. inval. 1992

Publication Details
Polyphysa myriospora (A.B.Joly & Cordiero-Marinha) S.Berger & M.J.Kaever, nom. inval. 1992: 178

Published in: Berger, S. & Kaever, M.J. (1992). Dasycladales: an illustrated monograph of a fascinating algal order. pp. VII + 247, 565 figs, 23 tables numbered by chapter. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Polyphysa is Polyphysa australis Lamarck.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Parvocaulis myriosporus (A.B.Joly & Cordeiro-Marino) C.W.Nascimento Moura & J.C.DeAndrade.

Source of Synonymy
Berger, S., Fettweiss, U., Gleissberg, S., Liddle, L.B., Richter, U., Sawitzky, H. & Zuccarello, G.C. (2003). 18S rDNA phylogeny and evaluation of cap development in Polyphysaceae (formerly Acetabulariaceae; Dasycladales, Chlorophyta). Phycologia 42: 506-561.

Basionym
Acetabularia myriospora A.B.Joly & Cordeiro-Marino

Type Information
Type locality: Brazil: Bahia: Amaralina, Salvador (4.x.1964) ; (Joly, Cordeiro-Marino, Ugadim, Yamaguishi-Tomita & Pinheiro 1965: 80)

Created: 16 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 26 January 2021

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 January 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 May 2025