Polysiphonia forfex Harvey 1859

Publication Details
Polysiphonia forfex Harvey 1859: pl. XCVI [96]

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1859). Phycologia australica: or, a history of Australian seaweeds; comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and a synopsis of all Known australian algae. Vol. 2. pp. [i]-viii, Plates LXI-CXX (with text). London: Lovell Reeve & Co..

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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 Melanothamnus forfex (Harvey) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs.

Source of Synonymy
Díaz-Tapia, P., McIvor, L., Freshwater, D.W., Verbruggen, H., Wynne, M.J. & Maggs, C.A. (2017). The genera Melanothamnus Bornet & Falkenberg and Vertebrata S.F. Gray constitute well-defined clades of the red algal tribe Polysiphonieae (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales). European Journal of Phycology 52(1): 1-20, 77 figs.

Basionym
Polysiphonia forcipata Harvey

Type Information
Lectotype locality: Rottnest Island, Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 542) Holotype: Harvey; on Posidonia; TCD, Herb. Harvey; Trav. Set 186 (Womersley 2003: 202) Notes: This type locality was first recorded by Womersley (1979: 495). Isotype in BM (Womersley, 2003: 202). Lectotype: TCD 15353-4 (Díaz-Tapia et al., 2017: table 4).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Epiphytic on Posidonia and some robust algae (Womersley 2003: 202).

Created: 11 March 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 March 2021

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Nomenclatural note
Womersley (2003: 202) notes that Harvey (1859a, pl. 96) changed the name of his P. forcipata to P. forfex, recognising J. Agardh's earlier use of the former name. - (29 January 2009) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 March 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 June 2025

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