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Ahnfeltia plicata var. tobuchiensis Kanno & Matsubara

Publication details
Ahnfeltia plicata var. tobuchiensis Kanno & Matsubara 1932: 128

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Ahnfeltia is Ahnfeltia plicata (Hudson) E.M.Fries.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Ahnfeltia tobuchiensis (Kanno & Matsubara) Makienko

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), folded into pleats or furrows, usually longitudinally (Stearn 1973).

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a marine species.

Distribution by country

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Ahnfeltia plicata var. tobuchiensis Kanno & Matsubara)
Asia: Japan (Mikami 1965).

Source of synonymy
Makienko, V.F. (1970). K sistematike vidov Ahnfeltia Fries iz dal'nevostochnykh morej SSSR. Botanicheskij Zhurnal SSSR 55: 1077-1087, 3 figs, 2 tables, 2 plates.

Key references
Maggs, C.A., McLachlan, J.L. & Saunders, G.W. (1989). Infrageneric taxonomy of Ahnfeltia (Ahnfeltiales, Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 25(2): 351-368.

Mikami, H. (1965). A systematic study of the Phyllophoraceae and Gigartinaceae from Japan and its vicinity. Memoirs of the Faculty of Fisheries Hokkaido University 5(2): 181-285.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Ahnfeltia&species=plicata

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Ahnfeltia&Species=plicata

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 10 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 22 June 2012 by Michael Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
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Michael Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.

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