Polysiphonia notoensis Segi 1951

Publication Details
Polysiphonia notoensis Segi 1951: 266, fig. 35; pl. 16: fig. 1

Published in: Segi, T. (1951). Systematic study of the genus Polysiphonia from Japan and its vicinity. Journal of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie 1: 167-272, 36 figs, 16 plates.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Polysiphonia is Polysiphonia urceolata (Lightfoot ex Dillwyn) Greville.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Melanothamnus notoensis (Segi) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs.

Source of Synonymy
Díaz-Tapia, P., McIvor, L., Freshwater, D.W., Verbruggen, H., Wynne, M.J. & Maggs, C.A. (2017). The genera Melanothamnus Bornet & Falkenberg and Vertebrata S.F. Gray constitute well-defined clades of the red algal tribe Polysiphonieae (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales). European Journal of Phycology 52(1): 1-20, 77 figs.

Type Information
Type locality: Japan: Noto Prov.: Shibagaki, on Sargassum; (INA 1996) Holotype: SAP; 025894 (Yoshida 1998: 1069) Notes: Shibagaki, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan; 9.vii.1947 (Díaz-Tapia et al., 2017).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 12 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 May 2017

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 May 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 June 2025