Polysiphonia amphibolis Womersley 1979

Publication Details
Polysiphonia amphibolis Womersley 1979: 474-476, figs. 3F,G, 4A-C

Published in: Womersley, H.B.S. (1979). Southern Australian species of Polysiphonia Greville (Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 27: 459-528, 14 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 of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: West Beach, Adelaide, South Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 536) Holotype: Gordon; 4 October 1968; On Amphibolis drift; AD; A32838 (Womersley 2003: 183)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Not uncommon on Corallina and a common epiphyte on the stems of Amphibolis antarctica, where it may be directly associated with the common crustose coralline epiphytes on this seagrass; the single collection on Chiracanthia may also be associated with crustose corallines (Womersley 2003: 183). Records range from 2 to 18 m depth.

Created: 10 March 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 January 2009

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 January 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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