Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Polysiphonia senticulosa
Rhodomelaceae
Polysiphonia senticulosa Harv. , legitimate, scientific
Harvey, W.H. (1862), Notice of a collection of algae made on the northwest coast of North America, chiefly at Vancouver's Island, By david Lyall, Esq., M.D., R.N., in the years 1859-61. Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany 6: 169 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: Orcas Island, Dr. Lyall.
  • Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: Natural History Museum London: [Accession No. unknown]
Kudo, T. & Masuda, M. (1988), Taxonomic notes on Polysiphonia senticulosa Harvey and P. pungens Hollenberg (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta). Japanese Journal of Phycology (Sorui) 36: - [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Polysiphonia pungens Hollenb. legitimate
  • APC Comment: R.Cowan (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: Womersley 2003 The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia Pt IIID p. 500 lists this taxon as an adventive species.
  • AMANI dist.: Victoria (Flindersian). World: New Zealand, Alaska, Vancouver I. Canada.