Pterocladia nana Okamura 1931

Current name: Pterocladiella nana (Okamura) Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda
Tanzania; subtidal in sandKatrin Oesterlund (Katrin.Osterlund@uadm.uu.se)

Publication Details
Pterocladia nana Okamura 1931: 53, 54, pl. 278: figs 1-14

Published in: Okamura, K. (1931). Icones of Japanese algae. Vol. VI pp. 39-62 (English), 39-60 (Japanese), Plates CCLXXI-CCLXXX. Tokyo: published by the author.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pterocladia is Pterocladia lucida (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pterocladiella nana (Okamura) Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda.

Source of Synonymy
Shimada, S. & Masuda, M. (2002). Japanese species of Pterocladiella Santelices et Hommersand (Rhodophyta, Gelidiales). In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds with reference to some Pacific species. Vol. VIII. (Abbott, I.A. & Mcdermid, K.J. Eds) Vol.8, pp. 167-181. La Jolla: California Sea Grant College.

Type Information
Lectotype locality: Yura-jima, Shimo-Koshiki Island, Koshiki Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan ; (Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda 2000: 16) Lectotype: 19 July 1919; SAP (Okamura herb.); (Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda 2000: 16, fig. 12)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), dwarf (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 29 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 12 February 2013

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Taxonomic note
Santelices (1999: 76) considered this entity to be synonymous with Pterocladiella capillacea, but Shimada & Masuda (2002) retained it as a separate species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 February 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 June 2025