Polysiphonia urceolata f. patens (Dillwyn) J.Agardh 1863
Publication Details
Polysiphonia urceolata f. patens (Dillwyn) J.Agardh 1863: 971
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1863). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 3. pp. 787-1138, 1158-1291. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup. [in Latin]
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Polysiphonia is Polysiphonia urceolata (Lightfoot ex Dillwyn) Greville.
Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Basionym
Conferva patens Dillwyn
Type Information
Type locality: Bantry Bay; Type: Miss Ellen Hutchins; BM; (Kim, Maggs, McIvor & Guiry 2000: 85) Notes: Annotated by Miss Hutchins “I think that you will find this only a variety of C. stricta [Conferva stricta]: it grows in deep water.” She also noted that this or other material weas found on the stalks of Fucus digitatus [Laminaria hyperborea].
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Greek), urceolate; like a small jug or pitcher.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 10 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 04 March 2025
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 March 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 July 2025
