Polysiphonia rutilans Kützing 1849

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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Publication details
Polysiphonia rutilans Kützing 1849: 806

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Polysiphonia is Polysiphonia urceolata (Lightfoot ex Dillwyn) Greville.

Basionym

Origin of species name
Participle (Latin), reddening.

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

Nomenclatural notes
Type inadequate for determination; name best rejected as a nomen nudum (Womersley 1979; 2003) - (30 Jan 2009) - Wendy Guiry

General environment
No habitat entry has yet been made for this entity.

Type information
Type locality: 'N. Holl.' (Womersley 1979: 508). Type: L 941, 253...166 (Womersley 1979: 508).

No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.

Key references
Womersley, H.B.S. (1979). Southern Australian species of Polysiphonia Greville (Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 27: 459-528, 14 figs.

Womersley, H.B.S. (2003). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIID Ceramiales - Delesseriaceae, Sarcomeniaceae, Rhodomelaceae. pp. [1]-533, 226 figs, 2 pls. Canberra & Adelaide: Australian Biological Resources Study & State Herbarium of South Australia.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 30 January 2009 by Wendy Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 August 2020.