Species under Polysiphonia
n= 29
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Polysiphonia abscissa
J.D. Hooker & Harvey
Antarctic Indian Ocean
Polysiphonia anisogona
J.D. Hooker & Harvey, 1845
Antarctic Indian Ocean and Southeast Pacific
Polysiphonia atlantica
Kapraun & J.N. Norris
Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Ocean
Polysiphonia brodiei
(Dillwyn) Sprengel
Western Indian Ocean and Northeast Atlantic
Polysiphonia coacta
C.K. Tseng
Western Indian Ocean
Polysiphonia codicola
Zanardini ex Frauenfeld
Western Indian Ocean
Polysiphonia crassicollis
Børgesen
Western Indian Ocean
Polysiphonia denudata
(Dillwyn) Greville ex Harvey
Western Indian Ocean and Western Central Atlantic
Polysiphonia elongata
(Hudson) Sprengel
Northeast Atlantic
Polysiphonia exilis
Harvey
Western Central Atlantic and the Pacific
Polysiphonia flabelliformis
J.D. Hooker & Harvey
Antarctic Indian Ocean
Polysiphonia fucoides
(Hudson) Greville
Northeast Atlantic
Polysiphonia havanensis
Montagne
Western Central Atlantic
Polysiphonia howei
Hollenberg
Western Central Pacific
Polysiphonia japonica var. savatieri
(Hariot) Yoon, 1986
Southeast Pacific
Polysiphonia kampsaxii
Børgesen
Western Indian Ocean
Polysiphonia lanosa
(Linnaeus) Tandy
Tube weed Western Central Pacific
Polysiphonia nigra
(Hudson) Batters
Northeast Atlantic
Polysiphonia opaca
(C. Agardh) Moris & De Notaris
Western Indian Ocean
Polysiphonia pacifica
Hollenberg
Eastern Pacific
Polysiphonia platycarpa
Børgesen
Western Indian Ocean
Polysiphonia scopulorum
Harvey
Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
Polysiphonia scopulorum var. villum
(J.Agardh) Hollenberg, 1968
Western Central Atlantic and Southeast Pacific
Polysiphonia senticulosa
Harvey
Northeast Atlantic
Polysiphonia sertularioides
(Grateloup) J. Agardh
Western Central Atlantic
Polysiphonia stricta
(Dillwyn) Greville
Northeast Atlantic
Polysiphonia subtilissima
Montagne, 1840
Western Central Pacific
Polysiphonia tuticorinensis
Børgesen
Western Indian Ocean
Polysiphonia upolensis
Grunow
Western Central Pacific
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