WoRMS taxon details
Polysiphonia scopulorum Harvey, 1855
144664 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144664)
accepted
Species
Lophosiphonia scopulorum (Harvey) Womersley, 1950 · unaccepted (synonym)
Vertebrata scopulorum (Harvey) Kuntze, 1891 · unaccepted
- Variety Polysiphonia scopulorum var. villum (J.Agardh) Hollenberg, 1968 accepted as Polysiphonia villum J.Agardh, 1863
- Variety Polysiphonia scopulorum var. longinodium S.-D.Xiang, 2004 (uncertain)
- Variety Polysiphonia scopulorum var. macrotrichia Hollenberg, 1968 (uncertain)
- Variety Polysiphonia scopulorum var. minimum Hollenberg, 1968 (uncertain, uncertain taxonomic status subjected to verification)
marine
Harvey, W. H. (1855). Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. <em>Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 22: 525-566. [details] 
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:76728
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:76728 [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Polysiphonia scopulorum Harvey, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144664 on 2025-06-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Harvey, W. H. (1855). Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. <em>Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 22: 525-566. [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]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Schneider, C. W. (2003). An annotated checklist and bibliography of the marine macroalgae of the Bermuda Islands. Nova Hedwigia, 76(3-4): 275-361 [details]
additional source Fredericq, S., T. O. Cho, S. A. Earle, C. F. Gurgel, D. M. Krayesky, L. E. Mateo-Cid, A. C. Mendoza-González, J. N. Norris, and A. M. Suárez. 2009. Seaweeds of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 187–259 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. I. Biodiversity, pp. 187-259. Texas A&M Univ. Press. [details]
additional source Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. <em>University of California Publications in Botany.</em> 79: 1-1259., available online at https://books.google.be/books?hl=pt-PT&lr=&id=vtBdDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=Catalogue+of+the+benthic+marine+algae+of+the+Indian+Ocean&ots=FL-YOKu8Cx&sig=3PmT926F1rNHQTf1AhDeY-ztmu4#v=onepage&q=Catalogue%20of%20the%20benthic%20marine%20algae%20of%20the%20 [details]
additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). 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]
additional source Fredericq, S., T. O. Cho, S. A. Earle, C. F. Gurgel, D. M. Krayesky, L. E. Mateo-Cid, A. C. Mendoza-González, J. N. Norris, and A. M. Suárez. 2009. Seaweeds of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 187–259 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. I. Biodiversity, pp. 187-259. Texas A&M Univ. Press. [details]
additional source Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. <em>University of California Publications in Botany.</em> 79: 1-1259., available online at https://books.google.be/books?hl=pt-PT&lr=&id=vtBdDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=Catalogue+of+the+benthic+marine+algae+of+the+Indian+Ocean&ots=FL-YOKu8Cx&sig=3PmT926F1rNHQTf1AhDeY-ztmu4#v=onepage&q=Catalogue%20of%20the%20benthic%20marine%20algae%20of%20the%20 [details]
additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). 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:76728 [details]
Published in AlgaeBase 
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Lophosiphonia scopulorum (Harvey) Womersley, 1950)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Vertebrata scopulorum (Harvey) Kuntze, 1891)
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Lophosiphonia scopulorum (Harvey) Womersley, 1950)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polysiphonia scopulorum)
To GenBank (264 nucleotides; 668 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Polysiphonia scopulorum Harv.; Isotype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2309373)
To PESI
To ITIS
Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Lophosiphonia scopulorum (Harvey) Womersley, 1950)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Vertebrata scopulorum (Harvey) Kuntze, 1891)To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Lophosiphonia scopulorum (Harvey) Womersley, 1950)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polysiphonia scopulorum)
To GenBank (264 nucleotides; 668 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Polysiphonia scopulorum Harv.; Isotype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2309373)
To PESI
To ITIS