WoRMS name details
Polysiphonia simulans Harvey, 1849
144669 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144669)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine
Harvey, W. H. (1849). A manual of the British marine algae: containing generic and specific descriptions of all the known British species of sea-weeds. With plates to illustrate all the genera. <em>London: John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row.</em> pp. [i]-lii, [1]-252, 27 pls. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.152174 [details] 
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77014
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77014 [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Polysiphonia simulans Harvey, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144669 on 2026-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Harvey, W. H. (1849). A manual of the British marine algae: containing generic and specific descriptions of all the known British species of sea-weeds. With plates to illustrate all the genera. <em>London: John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row.</em> pp. [i]-lii, [1]-252, 27 pls. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.152174 [details]
basis of record Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Díaz-Tapia, P.; McIvor, L.; Freshwater, D. W.; Verbruggen, H.; Wynne, M. J.; Maggs, C. A. (2017). The genera Melanothamnus Bornet & Falkenberg and Vertebrata S.F. Gray constitute well-defined clades of the red algal tribe Polysiphonieae (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales). <em>European Journal of Phycology.</em> 52(1): 1-30., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2016.1256436 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77014 [details]
