Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Biliphyta > Division Rhodophyta > Subdivision Eurhodophytina > Class Florideophyceae > Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae > Order Ceramiales > Family Rhodomelaceae > Tribe Polysiphonieae > Genus Polysiphonia

Polysiphonia nigra (Hudson) Batters, 1902

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Polysiphonia*	Greville, 1823	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): kuskjelldokke sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: mørk ledtang sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: kuskjelldokke

Norwegian Nynorsk: kuskjeldokke

Nynorsk (Norwegian): kuskjeldokke

Literature

basis of record	Algaebase
basis of record	Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 20-38
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Sears, J.R. (ed.). 1998. NEAS keys to the benthic marine algae of the northeastern coast of North America from Long Island Sound to the Strait of Belle Isle. Northeast Algal Society. 163 p.
additional source	South, G. R. and I. Tittley. 1986. A checklist and distributional index of the benthic marine algae of the North Atlantic Ocean. Huntsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, New Brunswick. 76 p.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

Link To Algaebase

Citation

Guiry, M.D. (2011). Polysiphonia nigra (Hudson) Batters, 1902. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2011). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144651