Polysiphonia nigrescens var. fucoides (Hudson) Harvey 1853

Vertebrata fucoides (Hudson) Kuntze

Current name: Vertebrata fucoides (Hudson) Kuntze
Ría de Ares, Galicia, Spain, 2011 - 24 October 2011. Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)

Publication Details
Polysiphonia nigrescens var. fucoides (Hudson) Harvey 1853: 49

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1853). Nereis boreali-americana; or, contributions towards a history of the marine algae of the atlantic and pacific coasts of North America. Part II. Rhodospermeae. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 5(5): [i-ii], [1]-258, pls XIII-XXXVI.

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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 Vertebrata fucoides (Hudson) Kuntze.

Basionym
Conferva fucoides Hudson

Type Information
Type locality: York, England; (Silva & al. 1996: 541) Neotype: undated, unlocalised; herb. Lightfoot; “names repeatedly by Hudson C. fucoides” BM-K (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 338) Notes: See also Irvine & Dixon (1982). BM 807101.

Origin of Species Name
Participle (Latin), becoming black (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 12 December 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 December 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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