Polysiphonia mollis var. tongatensis (Harvey ex Kützing) Hollenberg 1968

Melanothamnus tongatensis (Harvey ex Kützing) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs

Current name: Melanothamnus tongatensis (Harvey ex Kützing) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs
Panama. Pericentral cell with proximal rhizoid; rhizoid separated from parent cell by distinct cell wallDiane Littler (littlerd@si.edu)

Publication Details
Polysiphonia mollis var. tongatensis (Harvey ex Kützing) Hollenberg 1968: 69, fig. 43

Published in: Hollenberg, G.J. (1968). An account of the species of Polysiphonia of the central and western tropical Pacific Ocean. I. Oligosiphonia. Pacific Science 22: 56-98, 43 figs.

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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 synonym of Melanothamnus tongatensis (Harvey ex Kützing) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs.

Basionym
Polysiphonia tongatensis Harvey ex Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: Tonga ("Friendly Islands"); (Silva & al. 1996: 543) Type: W.H. Harvey; L; Notes: Holotype: L 4083619 (Díaz-Tapia et al., 2017). Isotype: TCD (Kim & Lee, 1999: 280). "Friendly Island". Harvey (Kützing, 1864: 14).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), soft, pliant (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 05 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 February 2017

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