Polysiphonia decipiens Montagne 1842

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Polysiphonia decipiens Montagne 1842: 5

Published in: Montagne, [J.F.] C. (1842). Prodromus generum specierumque phycearum novarum, in itinere ad polum antarcticum...ab illustri Dumont d'Urville peracto collectarum, notis diagnosticis tantum huc evulgatarum, descriptionibus verò fusioribus nec non iconibus analyticis iam iamque illustrandarum. pp. [1-]16. Parisiis [Paris]: apud Gide, editorem.

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Publication date: Before 10 Sept 1842

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 Vertebrata decipiens (Montagne) Kuntze.

Type Information
Type locality: Toud Island (Warrior Islet), Torres Strait, Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 539) Notes: Type from the Auckland Is (d’ Urville), on fuci; holotype in Herb. Montagne, PC; isotypes in TCD (Womersley 2003: 208). Ins. Auckland: d'Urville (Index Nominum Algarum). Womersley (1979: 501) notes that there is doubt as to whether Auckland Islands is the type locality of P decipiens, since there appear to be no other collections of it from here. There is also doubt about the localities of other species recorded by Montagne (1845)... In most cases the identification seems correct but the locality appears to be in error; probably labelling of specimens was not carried out when collected and the Auckland Is. or New Zealand specimens in doubt may have come from Tasmania.

Origin of Species Name
Participle B (Latin), deceiving (used of a species closely resembling another) (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Usually epiphytic on Amphibolis and Posidonia or on larger algae; it occurs under varying conditions of wave action, from very calm to strong surf, generally in shallow water (Womersley 2002: 208).

Created: 20 August 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 October 2021

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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