Polysiphonia minutissima Hollenberg 1942
Publication Details
Polysiphonia minutissima Hollenberg 1942: 781-782, fig. 21
Published in: Hollenberg, G.J. (1942). An account of the species of Polysiphonia on the Pacific coast of North America. I. Oligosiphonia. American Journal of Botany 29: 772-785, 21 figs.
Request PDFType 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 minutissimus (Hollenberg) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs.
Source of Synonymy
Díaz-Tapia, P., McIvor, L., Freshwater, D.W., Verbruggen, H., Wynne, M.J. & Maggs, C.A. (2017). The genera Melanothamnus Bornet & Falkenberg and Vertebrata S.F. Gray constitute well-defined clades of the red algal tribe Polysiphonieae (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales). European Journal of Phycology 52(1): 1-20, 77 figs.
Type Information
Type locality: Punta Banda, Baja California, Mexico; (Hollenberg 1942: 782) Holotype: Hollenberg (2554); 17.xii.1938; growing on Codium fragile ; US; US66797
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), extremely small.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 31 December 2024
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Francisco F. Pedroche in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 December 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 June 2025
