Polysiphonia sphaerocarpa Børgesen 1918

Melanothamnus sphaerocarpus (Børgesen) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs

Current name: Melanothamnus sphaerocarpus (Børgesen) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs
recolectada en la zona Sur del Macizo Guamuhaya, en el mesolitoral rocoso. Detalle de ramas y cistocarpos. Foto: Ángel Moreira.

Publication Details
Polysiphonia sphaerocarpa Børgesen 1918: 271, figs. 267-271

Published in: Børgesen, F. (1918). The marine algae of the Danish West Indies. Part 3. Rhodophyceae (4). Dansk Botanisk Arkiv 3: 241-304, Figs 231-307.

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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 Melanothamnus sphaerocarpus (Børgesen) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs.

Type Information
Type locality: Store Nordsidebugt (Magens Bay), St. Thomas, Virgin Islands; (Børgesen 1918: 271) Type: C?; (Huisman 2018: 549) Notes: Isotypes: US, C. (Díaz-Tapia et al., 2017).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 15 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 08 May 2022

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 May 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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