Polysiphonia reptabunda (Suhr) Kützing 1843
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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Wembury Reef, South Devon; lower intertidal. 14 Mar 2017. Francis Bunker. © Francis Bunker
Wembury Reef, South Devon; lower intertidal. 14 Mar 2017. Francis Bunker. © Francis Bunker
microscope tetrasporangia, North of Galicia, Spain, 2005. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
microscope cystocarp, North of Galicia, Spain, 2005. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
microscope cystocarp, North of Galicia, Spain, 2005. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
microscope trichoblasts, North of Galicia, Spain, 2005. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
microscope transverse seccion, North of Galicia, Spain, 2006. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
microscope transverse seccion, North of Galicia, Spain, 2006. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
Tanzania; detail. Eurico Oliveira. © Eurico Oliveira (euricodo@usp.br).
Spain, Galicia, Lugo, San Ciprián, 2004; tetrasporangia. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
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Lophosiphonia reptabunda (Suhr) Kylin microscope transverse seccion, North of Galicia, Spain, 2006
© Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication details
Polysiphonia reptabunda (Suhr) Kützing 1843: 417
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus. Download PDF
Publication date: 14-16 Sep 1843
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 Vertebrata reptabunda (Suhr) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs
Basionym
Hutchinsia reptabunda Suhr
Type information
Type locality: Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France (Silva & al. 1996: 526).
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), creeping, crawling (Lewis & Short 1890).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
Nomenclatural notes
See Silva in Silva, Basson & Moe (1996: 922): Maggs & Hommersand (1993: 382) erred in treating Polysiphonia reptabunda “Suhr ex Kützing” as a new species with a holotype in Kützing’s herbarium (L)>
General environment
This is a marine species.
No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.
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.
Created: 11 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 31 October 2019 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021.
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