Polysiphonia pseudovillum Hollenberg 1968

Publication Details
Polysiphonia pseudovillum Hollenberg 1968: 73, fig. 3C

Published in: Hollenberg, G.J. (1968). An account of the species of Polysiphonia of the central and western tropical Pacific Ocean. I. Oligosiphonia. Pacific Science 22: 56-98, 43 figs.

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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 pseudovillum (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: Johnston Island: North Island; (INA 1996) Holotype: R.S. Jones; April 22 1965; [Hollenberg 65-52] (INA 1996) Notes: Johnston Atoll, Central Pacific. Holotype: US 61232 (Díaz-Tapia, 2017). H. 65-52, tetrasporic, cystocarpic and spermatangial, growing on dead coral at a depth of 1-2 m and 20 m shoreward from the outer reef margin, north of North I., Johnston I. (Hollenberg, 1968).

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), not like a species named villum.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 26 June 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 22 February 2019

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 February 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 May 2025

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