Polysiphonia bicornis Ohta 1973
Publication Details
Polysiphonia bicornis Ohta 1973: 26, figs 19, 20
Published in: Ohta, T. (1973). Some new and rare marine algae from Tsugaru Straits between Honshu and Hokkaido. Science Reports, Niigata University Series D 10: 11-28.
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.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 12 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 April 2019
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Nomenclatural note
Athough this seems to be a later homonym of Polysiphonia bicornis Sonder, a description was not provided by Sonder (1880: 35); the name as subsequently used validly by Ohta (1973) for an alga from Japan (Silva et al., 1996: 537) is thus legitimate. - (26 July 2011) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 April 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 June 2025
