Pterocladiella tenuis (Okamura) Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda 2000

Current name: Pterocladiella tenuis (Okamura) Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda
Sotogawa-cho, Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Chiba UniversityHideki Haga (902180827@office.chiba-u.jp)

Publication Details
Pterocladiella tenuis (Okamura) Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda 2000: 17

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 tenuis Okamura

Type Information
Lectotype locality: Enoshima, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan; (Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda 2000: 16) Lectotype: March 1897; SAP (Okamura herb.); (Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda 2000: 16, fig. 13)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), thin, fine, slender (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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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