Polysiphonia crassiuscula Harvey 1859
Publication Details
Polysiphonia crassiuscula Harvey 1859: 299, no fig.
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1859). Algae. Part III. Flora Tasmaniae. In: The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839-1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross...Vol. II. Part III. Flora Tasmaniae. Monocotyledones and Acotyledones. (Hooker, J.D. Eds), pp. 282-343. London: Lovell Reeve.
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: "East coast, R. Gunn." [Tasmania]; (Womersley 2003: 196) Holotype: R.C. Gunn; TCD; (Womersley 2003: 196) Notes: Isotype in BM (Womersley, 2003: 196).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Habitat
Deep-water species (Womersley 2003: 196)
Created: 22 September 2003 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 February 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024