Neosiphonia tongatensis (Harvey ex Kützing) M.-S.Kim & I.K.Lee 1999

Melanothamnus tongatensis (Harvey ex Kützing) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs

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.

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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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