Brongniartella spinosissima (Harvey) Falkenberg 1901
Publication Details
Brongniartella spinosissima (Harvey) Falkenberg 1901: 548, pl. 19: figs 11, 12
Published in: Falkenberg, P. (1901). Die Rhodomelaceen des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte Heraus gegeben von der zoologischen Station zu Neapel. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, Monographie 26. pp. i-xvi, 1-754, 10 figs, 24 pls. Berlin: Verlag von R. Friedländer & Sohns.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Brongniartella is Brongniartella elegans Bory.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Vertebrata patersonis (Sonder) Kuntze.
Source of Synonymy
Bustamante, D.E., Won, B.Y., Wynne, M.J. & Cho, T.O. (2021). Molecular and morphological analyses reveal new taxa additions to the tribe Streblocladieae (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 57(3): 817-830.
Basionym
Polysiphonia spinosissima Harvey
Type Information
Type locality: Australia: Tasmania and Victoria (Port Fairy); (INA 1996) Type: C. Stuart; Harvey Alg. austral. exsicc. no. 173; (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 02 October 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 October 2021
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 June 2025
