Polysiphonia nigrescens var. fucoides (Hudson) Harvey

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Ceramiales
Family Rhodomelaceae
Tribe Polysiphonieae
Genus Polysiphonia

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Silver Strand, Galway Bay, Ireland. 05 Apr 2012. M.D. Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Ría de Ares, Galicia, Spain, 2011. 24 Oct 2011. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).

Brittany, France. 24 Oct 2011. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).

Ría de Ares, Galicia, Spain, 2011. 24 Oct 2011. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).

Ría de Ares, Galicia, Spain, 2011. 24 Oct 2011. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).

Ría de Ares, Galicia, Spain, 2011. 24 Oct 2011. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).

Ría de Ares, Galicia, Spain, 2011. 24 Oct 2011. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).

microscope,TS frond showing pericentrals and axial cell; Spain, Galicia, Ría de Ortigueira, 2005. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).

microscope, TS frond showing pericentrals; Spain, Galicia, Ría de Ortigueira, 2005. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).

microscope, surface view of pericentrals; Spain, Galicia, Ría de Ortigueira, 2005. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).

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Polysiphonia fucoides (Hudson) Greville Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; sandy rocks at low water
© Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication details
Polysiphonia nigrescens var. fucoides (Hudson) Harvey 1853: 49

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1853). Nereis boreali-americana; or, contributions towards a history of the marine algae of the atlantic and pacific coasts of North America. Part II. Rhodospermeae. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 5(5): [i-ii], [1]-258, pls XIII-XXXVI.
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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 Vertebrata fucoides (Hudson) Kuntze

Basionym
Conferva fucoides Hudson

Type information
Type locality: York, England (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 541). Neotype: undated, unlocalised; herb. Lightfoot “names repeatedly by Hudson C. fucoides” BM-K (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 338). Notes: See also Irvine & Dixon (1982). BM 807101.

Origin of species name
Participle (Latin), becoming black (Stearn 1973).

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a marine species.

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Source of current name
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.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 02 February 2017 by M.D. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 February 2020.