Polysiphonia harlandii Harvey 1860

Publication Details
Polysiphonia harlandii Harvey 1860: 330 (as 'Harlandii')

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1860). Characters of new algae, chiefly from Japan and adjacent regions, collected by Charles Wright in the North Pacific Exploring Expedition under Captain James Rodgers. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 4: 327-335.

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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 harlandii (Harvey) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs.

Type Information
Type locality: "Hong Kong"; (Harvey 1860: 331) Type: TCD; (Yoshida 1998: 1066) Notes: China: Hong Kong; collector: Charles Wright (INA). Probable syntypes: TCD 11955, US 56848 (Díaz-Tapia, 2017: table 4).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 12 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 05 May 2017

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 May 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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