Polysiphonia versicolor Hooker f. & Harvey 1847

Publication Details
Polysiphonia versicolor Hooker f. & Harvey 1847: 48, pl. XVI [16]: (top)

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1847). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic regions; deposited in the Herbarium of the Dublin University. [Part 1]. pp. i-viii, 1-64, pls I-XXV. London: Reeve Brothers.

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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 Herposiphonia versicolor (Hooker & Harvey) Reinbold.

Type Information
Type locality: "Parasitical on the larger Algae, Tasmania , R. Gunn, Esq. ( v. s . in Herb. T. C. D. comm. cl. Hooker)" [Tasmania]; (Harvey 1847: 49) Lectotype (designated by Womersley 2003: 292): R.C. Gunn sine numero; BM; (Womersley 2003: 292) Notes: "Type from Tasmania (Gunn), probably N coast; lectotype in BM." (Womersley 2003: 292) although Harvey clear states that he used a specimen in TCD communicated by J.D. Hooker.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), changing colour, variously coloured (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 01 October 2003 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 March 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024

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