Polysiphonia simplex Hollenberg 1942
Publication Details
Polysiphonia simplex Hollenberg 1942: 782, fig. 18
Published in: Hollenberg, G.J. (1942). An account of the species of Polysiphonia on the Pacific coast of North America. I. Oligosiphonia. American Journal of Botany 29: 772-785, 21 figs.
Request PDFType 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 simplex (Hollenberg) 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: Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, U.S.A; (Dawson 1944: 331) Holotype: 14.v.1937; US; 61238 (Díaz-Tapia & al. 2017: 9) Notes: Hollenberg's herbarium is now in US.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), simple, undivided, unbranched, of one piece or series, not consisting of several distinct parts (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 03 June 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 15 May 2017
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Taxonomic note
According to Dawson (1944) several Gulf of California plants are tentatively to be placed here, though the segments are much shorter than those in typical southern California specimens. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 May 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 May 2025
