Polysiphonia shepherdii Womersley 1979
Publication Details
Polysiphonia shepherdii Womersley 1979: 466, fig. 1E-H
Published in: Womersley, H.B.S. (1979). Southern Australian species of Polysiphonia Greville (Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 27: 459-528, 14 figs.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Polysiphonia is Polysiphonia urceolata (Lightfoot ex Dillwyn) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: 3 km SE of Troubridge I., South Australia; (Womersley 2003: 175) Holotype: Shepherd; 5 February 1969; 24 m deep; AD; A33838 (Womersley 2003: 175)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Habitat
Deep-water species (Womersley 2003: 175).
Created: 26 June 2003 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 January 2009
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 January 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024