Polysiphonia olneyi Harvey 1851
Publication Details
Polysiphonia olneyi Harvey 1851: 40, pl. 17B
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1851). Nereis boreali-americana; or, contributions towards a history of the marine algae of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America. Part I. Melanospermeae. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 3(4): 1-150, pls I-XII.
Request PDFPublication date: 10 November-31 December 1851
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 Leptosiphonia olneyi (Harvey) G.W.Saunders & C.W.Schneider.
Type Information
Lectotype (designated by Saunders & Schneider 2024: 68): TCD; TCD 0012808 (Saunders & Schneider 2024: 68)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 03 December 2001 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 April 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 April 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024
