Neosiphonia tongatensis (Harvey ex Kützing) M.-S.Kim & I.K.Lee 1999
Current name:
Melanothamnus tongatensis (Harvey ex Kützing) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs
Panama. Erect axes with tetrasporangia in short spiral seriesDiane Littler (littlerd@si.edu)
Publication Details
Neosiphonia tongatensis (Harvey ex Kützing) M.-S.Kim & I.K.Lee 1999: 280
Published in: Kim, M.-S. & Lee, I.K. (1999). Neosiphonia flavimarina gen. et sp. nov. with a taxonomic reassessment of the genus Polysiphonia (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta). Phycological Research 47: 271-281.
Publication date: December 1999
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Neosiphonia is Neosiphonia flavimarina M.-S.Kim & I.K.Lee.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Melanothamnus tongatensis (Harvey ex Kützing) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs.
Basionym
Polysiphonia tongatensis Harvey ex Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: Tonga ("Friendly Islands"); (Silva & al. 1996: 543) Type: W.H. Harvey; L; Notes: Holotype: L 4083619 (Díaz-Tapia et al., 2017). Isotype: TCD (Kim & Lee, 1999: 280). "Friendly Island". Harvey (Kützing, 1864: 14).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 February 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024