Polysiphonia griffithsiana Harvey 1841
Publication Details
Polysiphonia griffithsiana Harvey 1841: 91
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1841). A manual of the British algae: containing generic and specific descriptions of the known British species of sea-weeds and of Confervae both marine and fresh-water. pp. [i-v]-lvii, [1]-229. London: John Van Voorst.
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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 Leptosiphonia fibrillosa (C.Agardh) Savoie & G.W.Saunders.
Source of Synonymy
Savoie, A.M. & Saunders, G.W. (2018 '2019'). A molecular assessment of species diversity and generic boundaries in the red algal tribes Polysiphonieae and Streblocladieae (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) in Canada. European Journal of Phycology 54(1): 1-25.
Type Information
Type locality: On Polyides rotundus at Torquay: Mrs Griffiths; (INA 1996)
Eponomy
Named for Mrs Amelia Warren Griffiths (1768-1858), a seaweed collector and correspondent from Torquay, Devon, England.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 05 April 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 March 2019
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Taxonomic note
Combination also proposed by L.P. Jones & Kingston, 1829 with basionym Conferva griffithsiana J.E. Smith 1812. The Current Name of this taxón is Spyridia griffithsiana (J.E. Smith) G.C. Zuccarello, W.F. Prud'homme van Reine & H. Stegenga 2004. - (31 March 2016) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 March 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 June 2025
