Pterocladiella nana (Okamura) Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda 2000

Publication Details
Pterocladiella nana (Okamura) Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda 2000: 16

Published in: Shimada, S., Horiguchi, T. & Masuda, M. (2000). Confirmation of the status of three Pterocladia species (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta) described by K. Okamura. Phycologia 39: 10-18, 17 figs, 1 table.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pterocladiella is Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand.

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

Basionym
Pterocladia nana Okamura

Type Information
Lectotype locality: Yura-jima, Shimo-Koshiki Island, Koshiki Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan ; (Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda 2000: 16) Lectotype: 19 July 1919; SAP (Okamura herb.); (Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda 2000: 16, fig. 12)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), dwarf (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 20 January 2003 by Sandy Lawson.

Last updated: 02 June 2018

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Taxonomic note
Santelices (1999: 76) considered this entity to be synonymous with Pterocladiella capillacea, but Shimada & Masuda (2002) retained it as a separate species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 June 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 May 2025

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