Polysiphonia rigens (C.Agardh) Zanardini 1840
Publication Details
Polysiphonia rigens (C.Agardh) Zanardini 1840: 203
Published in: Zanardini, G. (1840). Sopra le alghe del mare Adriatico. Lettera seconda di Giovanni Zanardini, medico fisico in Venezia, alla Direzione della Biblioteca Italiana. Biblioteca Italiana 99: 195-229.
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 Dipterosiphonia rigens (C.Agardh) Falkenberg.
Source of Synonymy
Falkenberg, P. (1901). Die Rhodomelaceen des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte Heraus gegeben von der zoologischen Station zu Neapel. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, Monographie 26. pp. i-xvi, 1-754, 10 figs, 24 pls. Berlin: Verlag von R. Friedländer & Sohns.
Basionym
Hutchinsia rigens C.Agardh
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 May 2015
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 May 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 July 2025