Polysiphonia hookeri Harvey 1847
Current name:
Echinothamnion hookeri (Harvey) Kylin ex P.C.Silva
Esperance, Western AustraliaJ.M. Huisman
Publication Details
Polysiphonia hookeri Harvey 1847: 40, pl. 12
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1847). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic regions; deposited in the Herbarium of the Dublin University. [Part 1]. pp. i-viii, 1-64, pls I-XXV. London: Reeve Brothers.
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 Echinothamnion hookeri (Harvey) Kylin ex P.C.Silva.
Type Information
Type locality: "Near George Town, Tasmania, Mr. Gunn (v.s. in Herb. T.C.D. comm. coll. Hooker)" [Georgetown, Tasmania]; (Harvey 1847: 40) Holotype: R.C. Gunn 1297; TCD; Herb. Harvey (Womersley 2003: 225)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 March 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024