Neurocarpus latiusculus (Okamura) Okamura 1936

Current name: Dictyopteris latiuscula (Okamura) Okamura
Sotogawa-cho, Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Chiba UniversityHideki Haga (902180827@office.chiba-u.jp)

Publication Details
Neurocarpus latiusculus (Okamura) Okamura 1936: 174, no fig. (as 'latiuscula')

Published in: Okamura, K. (1936). Nippon kaisô shi [Descriptions of Japanese algae]. pp. [4], [1]-9, [1], [1]-964, [1]-11, frontispiece portrait, 427 figs. Tokyo: Uchida Rokakuho. [in Japanese]

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Neurocarpus is Neurocarpus membranaceus (Stackhouse) F.Weber & D.Mohr.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Dictyopteris latiuscula (Okamura) Okamura.

Source of Synonymy
Okamura, K. (1932). The distribution of marine algae in Pacific waters. Records of Oceanographic Works in Japan 4: 30-150.

Basionym
Haliseris latiuscula Okamura

Type Information
Type locality: Japan; Type: herb. Okamura, SAP; (Yoshida 1998)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 31 July 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 30 March 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 June 2025