Polysiphonia forcipata Harvey, nom. illeg. 1855
Current name: Melanothamnus forfex (Harvey) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs
Publication Details
Polysiphonia forcipata Harvey, nom. illeg. 1855: 541
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 525-566.
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 Polysiphonia forfex 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.
Created: 11 March 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 May 2017
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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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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 21 July 2025
