Platysiphonia hypneoides (Harvey) Womersley & Shepley 1959

Current name: Platysiphonia hypneoides (Harvey) Womersley & Shepley
Rottnest Island, Western Australia.John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au)

Publication Details
Platysiphonia hypneoides (Harvey) Womersley & Shepley 1959: 209

Published in: Womersley, H.B.S. & Shepley, E.A. (1959). Studies on the Sarcomenia group of the Rhodophyta. Australian Journal of Botany 7: 168-223, 110 figs, 5 plates.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Platysiphonia is Platysiphonia miniata (C.Agardh) Børgesen.

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

Basionym
Sarcomenia hypneoides Harvey

Type Information
Syntype localities: "Garden Island and Fremantle...(276)" [Western Australia]; (Harvey 1855: 537) Lectotype (Fremantle, designated by Parnell & al. 2010: 141): TCD; AAE 142A (Parnell & al. 2010: 141) Notes: Travelling set No. 276 not located (Parnell & al. 2010: 141).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 27 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 January 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 January 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 May 2025