Polysiphonia grevillei Harvey 1841

Publication Details
Polysiphonia grevillei Harvey 1841: 93

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1841). A manual of the British algae: containing generic and specific descriptions of the known British species of sea-weeds and of Confervae both marine and fresh-water. pp. [i-v]-lvii, [1]-229. London: John Van Voorst.

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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 Leptosiphonia fibrillosa (Agardh) Savoie & G.W.Saunders.

Type Information
Type locality: shores of Bute, on larger algae: Greville; (Index Nominum Algarum)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 05 April 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 20 March 2019

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 March 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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