Polysiphonia fibrata (Dillwyn) Harvey 1833
Current name:
Leptosiphonia fibrata (Dillwyn) Savoie & G.W.Saunders
Finavarra Co Clare Ireland; plant to 35 mm with cystocarps - 05 August 2004. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Polysiphonia fibrata (Dillwyn) Harvey 1833: 329
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1833). Div. I. Inarticulatae. Div. II. Confervoideae; Div. III. Gloiocladeae. In: The English Flora of Sir James Edward Smith. Class XXIV. Cryptogamia. Vol. V. (or Vol. II of Dr. Hooker's British flora). Part I. Comprising the Mosses, Hepaticae, Lichens, Characeae and Algae. (Hooker, W.J. Eds), pp. 259-262, 264-401. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Paternoster-Row.
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 Leptosiphonia fibrata (Dillwyn) Savoie & G.W.Saunders.
Source of Synonymy
Savoie, A.M. & Saunders, G.W. (2018 '2019'). A molecular assessment of species diversity and generic boundaries in the red algal tribes Polysiphonieae and Streblocladieae (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) in Canada. European Journal of Phycology 54(1): 1-25.
Basionym
Conferva fibrata Dillwyn
Type Information
Type locality: Forres, Moray, Scotland; (Savoie & Saunders 2018: 13) Lectotype: Brodie; undated; BM-K; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 331) Notes: UK: Scotland (Forres and Cawsie); collector: Mr Brodie; Hooker & Borrer (INA).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), possessing fibres or like fibres.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 17 May 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 March 2019
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 March 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 November 2024