Polysiphonia hystrix Hooker f. & Harvey 1847

Echinothamnion hystrix (Hooker f. & Harvey) Kylin

Current name: Echinothamnion hystrix (Hooker f. & Harvey) Kylin
Eglinton Rocks, Western AustraliaJ.M. Huisman

Publication Details
Polysiphonia hystrix Hooker f. & Harvey 1847: 41, pl. XIV [14]

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1847). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic regions; deposited in the Herbarium of the Dublin University. [Part 1]. pp. i-viii, 1-64, pls I-XXV. London: Reeve Brothers.

Request PDF

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 Echinothamnion hystrix (Hooker f. & Harvey) Kylin.

Source of Synonymy
Kylin, H. (1956). Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen. pp. i-xv, 1-673, 458 figs. Lund: C.W.K. Gleerups.

Type Information
Type locality: "Tasmania, Mr. Gunn" [Georgetown, Tasmania]; (Womersley 2003: 224) Lectotype (Georgetown; Womersley 2003: 224): R.C. Gunn; BM; Herb. Hooker (Womersley 2003: 224)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), porpucine-like, bristly or spiny (Neal 1993).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 04 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 March 2023

Verification of Data
Users are responsible for verifying the accuracy of information before use, as noted on the website Content page.

Loading synonyms...
Loading notes...
Loading common names...
Loading distribution...
Loading references...
Loading bibliographical references...
Loading culture providers...

Linking to this page: https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=14791

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 November 2024

 
Currently in AlgaeBase: