Polysiphonia japonica var. savatieri (Hariot) H.Y.Yoon 1986

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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Publication details
Polysiphonia japonica var. savatieri (Hariot) H.Y.Yoon 1986: 34

Published in: Yoon, H.Y. (1986). A taxonomic study of genus Polysiphonia (Rhodophyta) from Korea. Korean Journal of Phycology 1: 3-86, 32 figs, 12 plates.

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 savatieri (Hariot) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs

Basionym
Polysiphonia savatieri Hariot

Type information
Type locality: Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan (Silva & al. 1996: 542). Lectotype: PC 0011879 (upper left specimen) (Index Nominum Algarum Notes: LT fide Kim 2005, 167 (INA).

Origin of species name
Adjective A (Latin), pertaining to Japan (Stearn 1973).

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

Taxonomic notes
Abbott (1999) considers that Hawaiian specimens may not belong to the same taxon of the Japanese ones and reports them as Polysiphonia savatieri Hariot.

General environment
This is a marine species.

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Source of current name
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.

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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 April 2021.