Polysiphonia bicornis Ohta 1973

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Ceramiales
Family Rhodomelaceae
Tribe Polysiphonieae
Genus Polysiphonia

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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.

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

Nomenclatural notes
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 Jul 2011) - M.D. Guiry

General environment
This is a marine species.

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Created: 12 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 03 April 2019 by M.D. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2021.