Polysiphonia homoia Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1930
Current name:
Polysiphonia homoia Setchell & N.L.Gardner
Panama. Transverse section of axis showing small central filament surrounding by 5 pericentral cellsDiane Littler (littlerd@si.edu)
Publication Details
Polysiphonia homoia Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1930: 162
Published in: Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. (1930). Marine algae of the Revillagigedo Islands Expedition in 1925. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, Series 4 19(11): 109-215, pls 4-15.
Request PDFPublication date: 30 December 1930
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Polysiphonia is Polysiphonia urceolata (Lightfoot ex Dillwyn) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Isla Guadalupe, México; (Setchell & Gardner 1930: 162) Holotype: H.L. Mason No. 35; April 1925; Growing on Codium sp.; CAS; 173641 (Setchell & Gardner 1930: 162) Notes: Huisman (2018: 565) notes that: "W.A.Setchell & N.L.Gardner (op. cit. 111) stated that Mason communicated to them that the collections came from the vicinity of South Bay, which was visited by the expediton on 20 April."
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 22 November 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 October 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 October 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024
