Gracilaria purpurascens f. spinulosa (Okamura) Yamada 1941
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
Gracilaria purpurascens f. spinulosa (Okamura) Yamada 1941: 204
Published in: Yamada, Y. (1941). Notes on some Japanese algae IX. Scientific Papers of the Institute of Algological Research, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Imperial University 2: 195-215, 15 figs, pls 40-48.
Publication date: February 1941
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gracilaria is Gracilaria compressa (C.Agardh) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gracilaria spinulosa (Okamura) Chang & B.-M.Xia.
Basionym
Rhodymenia spinulosa Okamura
Type Information
Type locality: Tainan, Taiwan; (Silva & al. 1996: 177) Type: Aoki; (Index Nominum Algarum)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), purplish, becoming purple (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 24 May 2001 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 23 September 2004
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 September 2004. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024