Polysiphonia pectinella Harvey 1855
Publication Details
Polysiphonia pectinella Harvey 1855: 541
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 525-566.
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 Herposiphonia pectinella (Harvey) Falkenberg.
Type Information
Type locality: King George Sound, Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 498) Holotype: TCD; Harvey, Trav. set. 38 (Womersley 2003: 299)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 04 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 February 2009
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 February 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024