Polysiphonia calothrix Harvey 1855
Publication Details
Polysiphonia calothrix Harvey 1855: 541
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 525-566.
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 Herposiphonia calothrix (Harvey) Womersley.
Type Information
Type locality: King George Sound, Western Australia; (Womersley 2003: 190) Lectotype: on mid-tide rocks; Harvey, Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 178B (Womersley 2003: 290) Notes: Trav. Set 337 missing in 1952 (Womersley, 2003: 190).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 01 October 2003 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 November 2010
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 November 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024