Laminaria sikotanensis Miyabe & Nagai 1940
Publication Details
Laminaria sikotanensis Miyabe & Nagai 1940: 79, pl. III [3]: fig. 10
Published in: Nagai, M. (1940). Marine algae of the Kurile Islands, I. Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University 46: 1-137.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Laminaria is Laminaria digitata (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Saccharina cichorioides f. sikotanensis (Miyabe & Nagai) Selivanova, Zhigadlova & G.I.Hansen.
Source of Synonymy
Selivanova, O.N., Zhigadlova, G.G. & Hansen, G.I. (2007). Revision of the systematics of algae in the order Laminariales (Phaeophyta) from the Far-Eastern Seas of Russia on the basis of molecular-phylogenetic data. Russian Journal of Marine Biology 33: 278-289.
Type Information
Lectotype locality: Syakotan, Sikotan Island; (Tokida, Nakamura & Druehl 1980: 326) Lectotype: Nagai; 27 July 1934; SAPA; (Tokida, Nakamura & Druehl 1980: 326, fig. 20) Notes: Type locality: Russia: Kuril Islands: Shakotan, Shikotan-to (INA).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 05 July 2008 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 04 August 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 June 2025
