Polysiphonia teradomariensis M.Noda 1971

Publication Details
Polysiphonia teradomariensis M.Noda 1971: 47

Published in: Noda, M. & Kitami, T. (1971). Some species of marine algae from Echigo Province facing the Japan Sea. Science Reports of Nigata University, Series D 8: 35-52.

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 teradomariensis (M.Noda) 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: Echigo Prov.: Teradomari; (INA 1996) Type: Noda 1884; 28.xi.1968; cast ashore on Sargassum micranthum; (INA 1996) Notes: Holotype: Herbarium, Niigata University (Kim & Lee, 1999: 280).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 12 April 1998 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 08 June 2025