Wrangelia tanegana Harvey 1860

Wrangelia tanegana Harvey

Current name: Wrangelia tanegana Harvey
Hsiao-Liuchiu island, Pingtong County, Taiwan. 1993. 5. 14. Photo by Huang Su-fang, National Taiwan Museum, from http://www.ntm.gov.tw/seaweeds.Sue Huang (sfhuang@ntm.gov.tw)

Publication Details
Wrangelia tanegana Harvey 1860: 331 (as 'Tanegana')

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1860). Characters of new algae, chiefly from Japan and adjacent regions, collected by Charles Wright in the North Pacific Exploring Expedition under Captain James Rodgers. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 4: 327-335.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Wrangelia is Wrangelia penicillata (C.Agardh) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: "Tanegasima, Japan." [Tanega-shima, Osumi-shoto, Japan]; (Harvey 1860: 331) Lectotype: C. Wright; TCD; (Masuda & al. 1995: 201, fig. 34) Notes: Masuda et al. (1995: 201) note that two incomplete specimens attached to a single herbarium sheet are preserved in TCD and designated as 'type'. This typification was made by a person or persons unknown, but must be treated as a lectotypification as there is the possibility that some duplicated specimens are preserved in other harbaria.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 23 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 18 March 2014

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 March 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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