Desmarestia tabacoides Okamura 1908
Publication Details
Desmarestia tabacoides Okamura 1908: 187, pl. XXXVIII [308]: figs 1-4; pl. XXXIX [309]: figs 9-13
Published in: Okamura, K. (1908). Icones of Japanese Algae. Vol. I pp. 179-208, pls. XXXVI-XL. Tokyo: The Author.
Publication date: July 1908
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Desmarestia is Desmarestia aculeata (Linnaeus) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Desmarestia dudresnayi subsp. tabacoides (Okamura) A.F.Peters, E.C.Yang, F.C.Küpper & Prud’homme.
Source of Synonymy
Yang, E.C., Peters, A.F., Kawai, H., Stern, R., Hanyuda, T., Bárbara, I., Müller, D.G., Strittmatter, M., Prud'homme van Reine, W.F. & Küpper, F.C. (2014). Ligulate Desmarestia (Desmarestiales, Phaeophyceae) revisited: D. japonica sp. nov. and D. dudresnayi differ from D. ligulata. Journal of Phycology 50(1): 149-166.
Type Information
Syntype localities: Nagasaki, Nemoto (Boshyu), Enoshima (Prov. Sagami), Onahama (Prov. Iwaki); (Okamura 1908: 187) Type: On rocks, stone or shells of Haliotis gigantia between tidemarks; SAP; herb. Okamura
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 14 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 30 March 2022
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Nomenclatural note
Predated by Tababcopsis acetosa Okamura? - (02 March 2014) - M.D. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 June 2025
