Pneophyllum zostericola (Foslie) D.Fujita 1988

Current name: Pneophyllum zostericola (Foslie) D.Fujita
Sotogawa-cho, Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Chiba UniversityHideki Haga (902180827@office.chiba-u.jp)

Publication Details
Pneophyllum zostericola (Foslie) D.Fujita 1988: 50

Published in: Fujita, D. (1988). Fosliella zostericola (Foslie) Segawa (Rhodophyta, Corallinales) in culture. Japanese Journal of Phycology 36: 48-51.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pneophyllum is Pneophyllum fragile Kützing.

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

Basionym
Lithophyllum zostericola Foslie

Type Information
Type locality: Marine Lab. at Sagami Prov., Japan; (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 136) Lectotype: Yendo 1899 No. 1; 1899; on Zostera; TRH; A15-985 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 136)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), living on or in the flowering plant Zostera.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 21 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 March 2023

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Nomenclatural note
The name as proposed by Klochkova (1987: 32) is invalid [INA]. Validated by Fujita (1988: 50). "Art 23.2. ... the usage of the word element -cola as an adjective is a correctable error." - (04 August 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 May 2025