Polysiphonia parvula Zanardini, nom. illeg. 1847
Publication Details
Polysiphonia parvula Zanardini, nom. illeg. 1847: 212
Published in: Zanardini, G. (1847). Notizie intorno alle cellulari marine delle lagune e de'litorali di Venezia (I). Atti del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti 6: 185-262, 1 plate.
Request PDFPublication date: March 1847
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 Lophosiphonia obscura (C.Agardh) Falkenberg.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), very small (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 12 March 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 February 2017
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Nomenclatural note
As "P[olysiphonia] parvula Zan. sp. n." in A.De Toni (1907: 161). - (03 February 2017) - M.D. Guiry
Taxonomic note
The synonymy with L. obscura is fide A. De Toni (1907: 162, as Lophosiphonia subadunca) (Furnari et al., 1999). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 June 2025
