Grateloupia lata (Okamura) Okamura 1902

Publication Details
Grateloupia lata (Okamura) Okamura 1902: 87

Published in: Okamura, K. (1902). Nippon Sorui-meii [Book listing Japanese Algae]. pp. i-vi, 1-276. Tokyo: Keigyosha. [in Japanese]

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Grateloupia is Grateloupia filicina (J.V.Lamouroux) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Polyopes prolifer (Hariot) Kawaguchi & Wang.

Source of Synonymy
Kawaguchi, S., Wang, H.-W., Horiguchi, T., Lewis, J.A. & Masuda, M. (2002). Rejection of Sinkoraena and transfer of some species of Carpopeltis and Sinkoraena to Polyopes (Rhodophyta, Halymeniaceae). Phycologia 41: 619-635.

Basionym
Grateloupia affinis var. lata Okamura

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), wide, broad; but also side, flank (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 19 November 2000 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 18 November 2021

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 November 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 June 2025