Porphyra tanegashimensis I.Shinmura 1974
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Bangiophyceae
Subclass Bangiophycidae
Order Bangiales
Family Bangiaceae
Genus Porphyra
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Publication details
Porphyra tanegashimensis I.Shinmura 1974: 735, figs 1, 3-5, 9; pl. 1
Published in: Shinmura, I. (1974). Porphyra tanegashimensis, a new species of Rhodophyceae from Tanegashima Island in southern Japan. Bull. Jpn. Soc. Sci. Fish. 40: 735-749.
Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Porphyra is Porphyra purpurea (Roth) C.Agardh.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Phycocalidia tanegashimensis (I.Shinmura) Santiañez
Type information
Type locality: Kagoshima Pref., Iseki, Tanegashima, Japan Type: I. Shinmura; Sept. 29. 1971; Kagoshima Prefectural Fisheries Experimental Station, Kagoshima I. Shinmura 19731
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Detailed distribution with sources (Click to Load)
Source of current name
Santiañez, W.J.E. & Wynne, M.J. (2020). Proposal of Phycocalidia Santiañez & M.J.Wynne nom. nov. to replace Calidia L.-E.Yang & J.Brodie nom. illeg. (Bangiales, Rhodophyta). Notulae Algarum 140: 1-3, no figs.
Key references
Sutherland, J.E., Lindstrom, S.C., Nelson, W.A., Brodie, J., Lynch, M.D., Hwang, M.S., Choi, H.-G., Miyata, M., Kikuchi, N., Oliveira, M.C., Farr, T., Neefus, C., Mols-Mortensen, A. Milstein, D. & Müller, K.M. (2011). A new look at an ancient order: generic revision of the Bangiales (Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 47(5): 1131-1151.
Created: 15 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 08 January 2021 by M.D. Guiry
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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Shinmura, I. (1974). Porphyra tanegashimensis, a new species of Rhodophyceae from Tanegashima Island in southern Japan. Bull. Jpn. Soc. Sci. Fish. 40: 735-749.
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021.
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