Peyssonnelia harveyana P.Crouan & H.Crouan ex J.Agardh 1851
Publication Details
Peyssonnelia harveyana P.Crouan & H.Crouan ex J.Agardh 1851: 501
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 1. pp. 337 [bis]-351 [bis] 352-506. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Peyssonnelia is Peyssonnelia squamaria (S.G.Gmelin) Decaisne ex J.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Agissea harveyana (P.Crouan & H.Crouan ex J.Agardh) Pestana, Lyra, Cassano & J.M.C. Nunes.
Source of Synonymy
Pestana, E.M.S., Nunes, J.M.C., Cassano, V. & Lyra, G.M. (2021). Taxonomic revision of the Peyssonneliales (Rhodophyta): circumscribing the authentic Peyssonnelia clade and proposing four new genera and seven new species. Journal of Phycology 57(6): 1749-1767.
Type Information
Type locality: Rade de Brest, Brittany, France.; Type: LD; Agardh No 27642 (Irvine & Maggs 1983: 59) Notes: Collector: Crouan (INA).
Eponomy
Named for William Henry Harvey (1811-1866), Irish Botanist, collector and traveller.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 May 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 December 2021
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Nomenclatural note
J. Agardh (INA). - (10 December 2021) - G.M. Guiry
Taxonomic note
See the extensive discussion in Cormaci, Furnari & Alongi (2021: 146-147) of the status of this species in the Mediterranean. - (12 August 2021) - M.D. Guiry
Habitat note
On live and dead maërl, on dead shells and sometimes on pebbles; depth range: 1-27 m (Peña & Bárbara 2010). Growing on living maerl at 17 m depth (Pena & Bárbara, 2013). - (04 May 2010) - G.M. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 December 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 June 2025
