Ecklonia kurome Okamura

Publication details
Ecklonia kurome Okamura 1927: 137, 149, pl. 236: fig. 8; pl. 237

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ecklonia is Ecklonia buccinalis (Linnaeus) Hornemann.

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

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

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Lectotype locality: Kanayama, Wakayama Pref. (Yoshida & Terawaki 1990: 187). Lectotype: K. Okamura; 18 July 1911; Herb. Okamura, SAP (Yoshida & Terawaki 1990: 187).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Ecklonia kurome Okamura)
Asia: China (Tseng 1984), Japan (Yoshida, Nakajima & Nakata 1990, Yoshida & Terawaki 1990, Yoshida 1998, Uwai, Kogame & Masuda 2002), Korea (Lee & Kang 2001, Lee 2008).

Source of synonymy
Yoshida, T. & Terawaki, T. (1990). Lectotypification of Ecklonia kurome Okamura (Phaeophyta, Laminariales). Japanese Journal of Phycology 38: 187-188.

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 15 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 28 February 2007 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 2736 times since it was created.

References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Anonymous (1997). Lectotypification of Ecklonia stolonifera Okamura and morphological comparison on root between E. stolonifera and E. kurome Okamua (Laminariales, Phaeophyta). Japanese Journal of Phycology 45: 15-19.
Fukuyama, Y., Kodama, M., Miura, I., Kinzyo, Z., Kido, M., Mori, H., Nakayama, Y. & Takahashi, M. (1989). Structure of an anti-plasmin inhibitor, eckol. isolated from the brown alga Ecklonia kurome Okamura and inhibitory activities of its derivatives on plasma plasmin inhibitors . Chem. Pharm. Bull. 37: 349-353.
Fukuyama, Y., Kodama, M., Miura, I., Kinzyo, Z., Kido, M., Mori, H., Nakayama, Y.& Takahashi, M. (1990). Anti-plasmin inhibitor. VI. Structure of phlorofucofuroeckol A. a novel phlorotannin with both dibenzo-1,4-dioxin and dibenzofuran elements, from Ecklonia kurome Okamura. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38: 133-135.
Nihsino, T. & Nagumo, T. (1991). The sulfate-content dependence of the anticoagulant activity of a fucan sulfate from the brown seaweed Ecklonia kurome. Carbohyd. Res. 229: 355-362.
Nishino, T. & Nagumo, T. (1991). Change in the anticoagulant activity and composition of a fucan sulfate from the brown seaweed Ecklonia kurome during refrigerated storage of the fronds. Botanica Marina 34: 387-389, 1 table.
Nishino, T., Aizu, Y. & Nagumo, T. (1991). The relationship between the molecular weight and the anticoagulant activity of two types of fucan sulfates from the brown seaweed Ecklonia kurome. Agric. Biol. Chem. 55: 791-796.
Nishino, T., Kiyohara, H., Yamada, H. & Nagumo, T. (1991). An anticoagulant fucoidan from the brown seaweed Ecklonia kurome. Phytochemistry 30(2): 535-539.
Nishino, T., Nagumo, T., Kiyohara, H. & Yamada, H. (1991). Studies on polysaccharides from Ecklonia kurome .2. Structural characterization of a new anticoagulant fucan sulfate from the brown seaweed Ecklonia kurome. Carbohydrate Research 211(1): 77-90.
Tsutsui, I., Arai, S., Terawaki, T. & Ohno, M. (1996). A morphometric comparison of Ecklonia kurome from Japan. Phycological Research 44: 215-222.
Yoshida, T. & Terawaki, T. (1990). Lectotypification of Ecklonia kurome Okamura (Phaeophyta, Laminariales). Japanese Journal of Phycology 38: 187-188.