Polysiphonia woodii Harvey 1853

Pterochondria woodii (Harvey) Hollenberg

Current name: Pterochondria woodii (Harvey) Hollenberg
Northern California - 09 March 2011. Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org)

Publication Details
Polysiphonia woodii Harvey 1853: 52

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1853). Nereis boreali-americana; or, contributions towards a history of the marine algae of the atlantic and pacific coasts of North America. Part II. Rhodospermeae. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 5(5): [i-ii], [1]-258, pls XIII-XXXVI.

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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 Pterochondria woodii (Harvey) Hollenberg.

Type Information
Type locality: USA: California (Bodega Bay and Golden Gate); (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: Lieut. Wood ; Capt. N. Pike; herb. Hook.; TCD; (Index Nominum Algarum)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 07 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 08 September 2015

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 September 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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