Carpopeltis cornea (Okamura) Okamura 1936
Current name:
Grateloupia cornea Okamura
Sotogawa-cho, Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Chiba University. Frond sectionHideki Haga (902180827@office.chiba-u.jp)
Publication Details
Carpopeltis cornea (Okamura) Okamura 1936: 553
Published in: Okamura, K. (1936). Nippon kaisô shi [Descriptions of Japanese algae]. pp. [4], [1]-9, [1], [1]-964, [1]-11, frontispiece portrait, 427 figs. Tokyo: Uchida Rokakuho. [in Japanese]
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Carpopeltis is Carpopeltis phyllophora (Hooker f. & Harvey) F.Schmitz.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Grateloupia cornea Okamura.
Basionym
Grateloupia cornea Okamura
Type Information
Type locality: Kadzusa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan; (Kawaguchi 1989: 226) Type: SAP (Okamura herb.); (Kawaguchi 1989: 226)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), horny, hard and close-textured but not brittle (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 May 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 15 November 2021
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 November 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
