Polysiphonia olneyi Harvey 1851
Publication Details
Polysiphonia olneyi Harvey 1851: 40, pl. 17B
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1851). Nereis boreali-americana; or, contributions towards a history of the marine algae of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America. Part I. Melanospermeae. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 3(4): 1-150, pls I-XII.
Request PDFPublication date: 10 November-31 December 1851
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 Leptosiphonia olneyi (Harvey) G.W.Saunders & C.W.Schneider.
Source of Synonymy
Saunders, G.W. & Schneider, C.W. (2024). Taxonomic addendum. In: NEAS keys to the benthic marine algae of the Northwest Atlantic and Canadian Arctic from Long Island Sound to Cambridge Bay 3rd edition, with the description of eight new species. Northeast Algal Society Contribution no. 3. (Saunders, G.W. Eds), pp. 63-69. Bronx, New York: Northeast Algal Society.
Type Information
Lectotype (designated by Saunders & Schneider 2024: 68): TCD; TCD 0012808 (Saunders & Schneider 2024: 68)
Eponomy
Named for Stephen Thayer Olney (1812-1878), Rhode Island businessman and phycologist.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 03 December 2001 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 April 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 April 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 June 2025
