Polysiphonia atricapilla J.Agardh 1863
Publication Details
Polysiphonia atricapilla J.Agardh 1863: 1054, no fig.
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
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: "Hab. ad King George's Sound Australise (Harvey!)." [King George Sound, Western Australia]; (Agardh 1863: 1054) Holotype: W.H. Harvey; LD, Herb. Agardh; 41629 (Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 175B) (Womersley 2003: 209)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Habitat
Mostly epiphytic on stems of Amphibolis or Posidonia (Womersley 2003: 209).
Created: 11 March 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 February 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
