Rhodymenia spinulosa Okamura 1934
Current name:
Gracilaria spinulosa (Okamura) Chang & B.-M.Xia
1. Cystocarp in longitudinal section. 2. Habitat (mouth of Kai River, Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam). Insert: Group of cystocarps. - 29 February 2012. Eduard and Tamara Titlyanova (etitlyanov@mail.ru)
Publication Details
Rhodymenia spinulosa Okamura 1934: (1933-1942): 33 (English), 30 (Japanese), pl. 318: figs 1-6
Published in: Okamura, K. (1934). Icones of Japanese algae. Vol. 7 pp. 19-48 (English), 17-44 (Japanese), Plates CCCXI-CCCXXV. Tokyo.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Rhodymenia is Rhodymenia palmetta (Stackhouse) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gracilaria spinulosa (Okamura) Chang & B.-M.Xia.
Type Information
Type locality: Tainan, Taiwan; (Silva & al. 1996: 177) Type: Aoki; (Index Nominum Algarum)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), spinulose (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 25 May 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 May 2022
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 May 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024