Platyarcticus glacialis (Rosenvinge) R.T.Wilce & P.M.Pedersen, nom. inval. 2003

Current name: Platysiphon glacialis (Rosenvinge) H.Kawai & T.Hanyuda
Cape Hatt in the Ragged Channel area of northern Baffin Island; subtidal - 01 August 2009. Dr. Martin D.J. Sayer

Publication Details
Platyarcticus glacialis (Rosenvinge) R.T.Wilce & P.M.Pedersen, nom. inval. 2003: 20

Published in: Wilce, R.T. & Pedersen, P.M. (2003). Professor Rosenvinge's curious Punctaria. Phycologist 64: 20.

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Platyarcticus.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Platysiphon glacialis (Rosenvinge) H.Kawai & T.Hanyuda.

Source of Synonymy
Kawai, H., Hanyuda, T., Draisma, S.G.A., Wilce, R.T. & Andersen, R.A. (2015). Molecular phylogeny of two unusual brown algae, Phaeostrophion irregulare and Platysiphon glacialis, proposal of the Stschapoviales ord. nov. and Platysiphonaceae fam. nov., and a re-examintion of divergence times for brown algal orders. Journal of Phycology 51(5): 918-928.

Basionym
Punctaria glacialis Rosenvinge

Type Information
Type locality: Greenland (N.E.): along Koldewey Island; (Rosenvinge 1910: 118) Type: Andr. Fundager; 5 September 1907; C; C831 (Kawai et al. 2015: 916) Notes: Floating in the ice, along the E side of Store Koldewey Island 7-8 km SSW of Danmarks Havn, NE Greenland; Aug. 26 1906, leg. Andr. Lundager, no 831, COP (Wilce & Bradley, 2019:204).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), icy, frozen, or glacial; also meaning, growing in icy-cold regions.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 08 March 2025

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Nomenclatural note
Invalid: genus name invalid (INA). - (01 December 2015) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 March 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 June 2025