Polysiphonia biasolettoana Zanardini 1841
Publication Details
Polysiphonia biasolettoana Zanardini 1841: 166
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 Polysiphonia deusta (Roth) Sprengel.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 23 August 2000 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 September 2004
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Nomenclatural note
This binomial must be accredited to Zanardini only, because the intended basionym Hutchinsia biasolettoana (“biasolettiana”) C. Agardh (1828: 106) is illegitimate being a later homonym of Hutchinsia biasolettoana (“biasolettiana”) C.Agardh (1827: 638), considered by the same C.Agardh (1828: 107) as synonym of Hutchinsia variegata C.Agardh (1824: 153) (Furnari et al., 1999, errata corrige). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Taxonomic note
According to Feldmann (1981: 74) this species is a synonym of Polysiphonia deusta. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 September 2004. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 June 2025
