Pterosiphonia parasitica (Hudson) Falkenberg 1901
Current name:
Deltalsia parasitica (Hudson) Díaz-Tapia & Rodríguez-Buján
Spain, Galicia, Lugo, San Ciprián, 2005, intertidalIgnacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Pterosiphonia parasitica (Hudson) Falkenberg 1901: 265, pl. 2: figs 3-9
Published in: Falkenberg, P. (1901). Die Rhodomelaceen des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte Heraus gegeben von der zoologischen Station zu Neapel. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, Monographie 26. pp. i-xvi, 1-754, 10 figs, 24 pls. Berlin: Verlag von R. Friedländer & Sohns.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pterosiphonia is Pterosiphonia cloiophylla (C.Agardh) Falkenberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Deltalsia parasitica (Hudson) Díaz-Tapia & Rodríguez-Buján.
Source of Synonymy
Díaz-Tapia, P., Rodríguez-Buján, I., Maggs, C.A. & Verbruggen, H. (2022 '2023'). Phylogenomic analysis of pseudocryptic diversity reveals the new genus Deltalsia (Rhodomelaceae), Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 59(1): 264-276.
Basionym
Conferva parasitica Hudson
Type Information
Type locality: "Habitat in fucis in littore Eboracenti" [Yorkshire, England]; (Hudson 1762: 486) Neotype: Frankland; BM [BM-K]; Herb. Lightfoot (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 374) Notes: Scarborough, Yorkshire according to Maggs & Hommersand (1993). BM000807112 (Maggs & Hommersand 1993 fide Díaz-Tapia et al. 2022).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), parasitic (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 17 May 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 15 February 2023
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Habitat note
sand-covered rocks; sometimes mixed with Rhodothamniella floridula (Diaz-Tapia & Bárbara 2013). - (27 January 2014) - G.M. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 June 2025
