Herposiphonia monilifera (Hooker & Harvey) Falkenberg 1901
Publication Details
Herposiphonia monilifera (Hooker & Harvey) Falkenberg 1901: 315
Published in: Falkenberg, P. (1901). Die Rhodomelaceen des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte Heraus gegeben von der zoologischen Station zu Neapel. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, Monographie 26. pp. i-xvi, 1-754, 10 figs, 24 pls. Berlin: Verlag von R. Friedländer & Sohns.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Herposiphonia is Herposiphonia tenella (C.Agardh) Ambronn.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Polysiphonia monilifera Hooker f. & Harvey
Type Information
Type locality: "Tasmania, parasitical on other algae, Mr. Gunn. (v. s. in Herb. T. C. D. comm. cl. Hooker" [probably near Georgetown)"; (Harvey 1847: 49) Holotype: R.C. Gunn sine numero; TCD; (Womersley 2003: 297) Notes: Womerslay (2003: 297) has "Type from Tas. (Gunn), probably near Georgetown." but does not indicate in which herbairum the type is.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), bearing beads, like a rosary.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 01 October 2003 by G.M. 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 19 April 2024