Heterosiphonia callithamnium (Sonder) Falkenberg 1901

Publication Details
Heterosiphonia callithamnium (Sonder) Falkenberg 1901: 647 (as 'callithamnion')

Published in: Falkenberg, P. (1901). Die Rhodomelaceen des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte Heraus gegeben von der zoologischen Station zu Neapel. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, Monographie 26. pp. i-xvi, 1-754, 10 figs, 24 pls. Berlin: Verlag von R. Friedländer & Sohns.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Heterosiphonia is Heterosiphonia berkeleyi Montagne.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Polysiphonia callithamnium Sonder

Type Information
Type locality: Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 440) Lectotype: Preiss; on Haliptilon; HBG; (Womersley 1998: 483) Notes: Womersley (1998: 483) notes that the lectotype is the plant second from left on type sheet and that there is an isolectotype in MEL, 1005969.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 23 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 January 2020

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Nomenclatural note
Epithet corrected by INA; basionym not cited in text but cited in Index (p. 747). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
South & Skelton (2003: 735) include Heterosiphhonia "subsecunda" (Sonder) Falkenberg 1901 in the synonymy of this entity. See note under Heterosiphonia subsecundata. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 January 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 May 2025

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