Polysiphonia concinna Hollenberg 1944
Publication Details
Polysiphonia concinna Hollenberg 1944: 474
Published in: Hollenberg, G.J. (1944). An account of the species of Polysiphonia on the Pacific coast of North America. II. Polysiphonia. American Journal of Botany 31: 474-483, 12 figs.
Request PDFType 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 Melanothamnus concinnus (Hollenberg) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs.
Type Information
Type locality: USA: California: La Jolla: near Scripps Institute of Oceanography (epiphytic); (Index Nominum Algarum) Holotype: 26.xii.1936; US ; 61210 (Díaz-Tapia & al. 2017: table 4) Notes: Collector: Hollenberg 2015 (INA).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), beautiful, elegant, harmonious, skilfully put together (Tilmann & al. 2014).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 09 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 May 2017
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 May 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
