Leptosiphonia schousboei (Thuret) Kylin 1956

Current name: Leptosiphonia schousboei (Thuret) Kylin
North of Portugal, 2010 - 09 December 2011. Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)

Publication Details
Leptosiphonia schousboei (Thuret) Kylin 1956: 509

Published in: Kylin, H. (1956). Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen. pp. i-xv, 1-673, 458 figs. Lund: C.W.K. Gleerups.

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Leptosiphonia.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Polysiphonia schousboei Thuret

Type Information
Lectotype locality: Tanger, Morocco; (Diaz-Tapia et al. 2014: 202) Lectotype: Schousboe; March 1823; PC; 0658394 (Diaz-Tapia et al. 2014: 202, fig. 1) Notes: Syntypes: Biarritz (southwest France) and Tanger (Morocco) (Diaz-Tapia & Bárbara, 2013: 342). Epitype: specimen PC0542978 (male gametophyte), collected in Tanger in January 1824 (Diaz-Tapia et al., 2014: 202).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 04 August 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 November 2023

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Habitat note
In mid intertidal of moderately to extremely wave-exposed shores, typically on edges of pool, overgrowing Corallina elongata or on sand tubes of Sabellaria alveolata; sand tolerant (Diaz-Tapia & Bárbara, 20130. - (24 January 2014) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 May 2025