Polysiphonia violacea (Roth) Sprengel
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Ceramiales
Family Rhodomelaceae
Tribe Polysiphonieae
Genus Polysiphonia
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Collected near Roscoff (F), December 1984. 29 Dec 2011. Elmar Wosnitza. © Christine Wosnitza.
Publication details
Polysiphonia violacea (Roth) Sprengel 1827: 348
Original publication: Sprengel, K.[P.J.] (1827). Systema vegetabilium Editio decima sexta. Voluminis IV. Pars I. Classis 24. Vol. 4 pp. [i]-iv, [1]-592. Gottingae [Göttingen]: sumtibus Librariae Dieterichianae.
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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 taxonomic synonym of Polysiphonia fucoides (Hudson) Greville
Basionym
Ceramium violaceum Roth
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), violet, refers to the blue-red colours nearer blue (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Polysiphonia violacea (Roth) Sprengel)
Ireland: Antrim (Drummond 1837, Guiry 1978), Clare (Pybus 1977, Guiry 1978, De Valéra et al. 1979, Maggs 1983), Cork (Cullinane 1971, Guiry 1978), Donegal (Guiry 1978), Down (Guiry 1978), Dublin (Sanders 1860, Guiry 1978), Galway (Pybus 1977, Guiry 1978, Maggs 1983), Kerry (Sanders 1860, Guiry 1978), Mayo (Cotton 1912, Guiry 1978), Wexford (Cotton 1913, Guiry 1978).
Europe: Adriatic (Giaccone 1978, Munda 1979), Britain (Newton 1931), Bulgaria (Dimitrova-Konaklieva 1981), Faroe Islands (Irvine 1982), France (Feldmann 1954), Greece (Haritonidis & Tsekos 1976, Tsekos & Haritonidis 1977), Ireland (Cotton 1912, Cotton 1913, Cullinane 1971, Pybus 1977, Guiry 1978, De Valéra et al. 1979, Maggs 1983), Italy (Giaccone 1969, Edwards et al. 1975), Netherlands (Stegenga & Mol 1983), Romania (Caraus 2002), Spain (Ballesteros 1981, Ballesteros & Romero 1982, Pérez-Ruzafa & Honrubia 1984, Soto & Conde 1989), Sweden (Kylin 1907, Kylin 1944).
Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Gil-Rodríguez & Afonso-Carrillo 1980), Madeira (Levring 1974).
South America: Brazil (Taylor 1930 
).
Africa: Morocco (Dangeard 1949), Tunisia (Meñez & Mathieson 1981, Ben Maiz, Boudouresque & Quahchi 1987).
South-west Asia: Israel (Einav 2007).
Taxonomic notes
According to Maggs & Hommersand (1993) this name is a synonym of Polysiphonia fibrillosa (Dillwyn) Sprengel.
Source of synonymy
Maggs, C.A. & Hommersand, M.H. (1993). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1. Rhodophyta. Part 3A. Ceramiales. pp. [i]-xv, 1-444, 129 figs, map. London: HMSO.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Polysiphonia&species=violacea
SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Polysiphonia&Species=violacea
Created: 06 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 18 August 2010 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1060 times since it was created.
References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Koch, C. (1986). Attempted hybridization between Polysiphonia fibrillosa and P. violacea (Bangiophyceae) from Denmark; with culture studies primarily on P. fibrillosa. Nordic Journal of Botany 6: 123-128.
Yamanouchi, S. (1906). The life history of Polysiphonia violacea. Botanical Gazette 41: 425-433.
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.
