Polysiphonia secunda (C.Agardh) Zanardini 1840

Herposiphonia secunda (C.Agardh) Ambronn

Current name: Herposiphonia secunda (C.Agardh) Ambronn
Hawaii; showing arrangement of determinate and indeterminate braches; scale 100 µm - 15 August 2011. J.M. Huisman

Publication Details
Polysiphonia secunda (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.

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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 Herposiphonia secunda (C.Agardh) Ambronn.

Basionym
Hutchinsia secunda C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: "In mari Mediterraneo." [Mediterranean Sea]; (Agardh 1824: 149) Holotype: LD?; (Huisman 2018: 519)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), next, following, second, having leaves or other features turned towards the same side (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 17 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 09 October 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 October 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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