Polysiphonia tenella (C.Agardh) Moris & De Notaris 1839
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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Masthead Island, Queensland; scale 100 µm. J.M. Huisman. © J.M. Huisman.
Masthead Island, Queensland. J.M. Huisman. © J.M. Huisman.
microscope, Malmousque, Marseille, France, 2011. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
microscope, Malmousque, Marseille, France, 2011. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
microscope, Malmousque, Marseille, France, 2011. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
middle intertidal, South Spain, 2011. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
South of Spain, 2011. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
South of Spain, 2011. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
North of Spain, Cantabria, Noja, 2001. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
North of Spain, Cantabria, Noja, 2001. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
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Herposiphonia tenella (C.Agardh) Ambronn Tanzania; detail of apex of creeping frond
© Eurico Oliveira (euricodo@usp.br)
Publication details
Polysiphonia tenella (C.Agardh) Moris & De Notaris 1839: 265
Published in: Moris, G. & De Notaris, G. (1839). Florula caprariae sive enumeratio plantarum in insula Capraria vel sponte nascentium vel ad utilitatem latius excultarum. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, ser. 2 : 59-300, pls I-VI.
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 tenella (C.Agardh) Ambronn
Basionym
Hutchinsia tenella C.Agardh
Type information
Type locality: Sicily (Silva & al. 1996: 499).
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), delicate (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
Taxonomic notes
According to Diaz-Tapia & Barbára (2013:338), this is a synonym of Herposiphonia secunda f. tenella. - (24 Jan 2014) - Wendy Guiry
General environment
This is a marine species.
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Source of current name
Ambronn, H. (1880). Über einige Fälle von Bilateralität bei den Florideen. Botanische Zeitung 38: 161-174, 177-185, 193-200, 209-216, 225-233, Plates III, IV.
Key references
Díaz-Tapia, P. & Bárbara, I. (2013). Seaweeds from sand-covered rocks of the Atlantic Iberian Peninsula. Part. 1. The Rhodomelaceae (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta). Cryptogamie Algologie 34(4): 325-422.
Created: 17 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 26 January 2021 by M.D. Guiry
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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Schneider, C.W. & Searles, R.B. (1997). Notes on the marine algae of the Bermudas. 2. Some Rhodophyta, including Polysiphonia tongatensis and a discussion on the Herposiphonia secunda/tenella complex. Cryptogamie, Algologie 18: 187-210, 19 figs.
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021.
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