Rhodochortonopsis spongicola Yamada 1944
Publication Details
Rhodochortonopsis spongicola Yamada 1944: 23, figs 7, 8
Published in: Yamada, Y. (1944). Notes on some Japanese algae. X. Scientific Papers of the Institute of Algological Research, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Imperial University 3: 11-25, 8 figs.
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This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Rhodochortonopsis.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Acrochaetium spongicola Weber Bosse.
Source of Synonymy
Kitayama, T. (2009). The identity of the endozoic red alga Rhodochortonopsis spongicola Yamada (Acrochaetiales, Rhodophyta). Bulletin of the Museum of Natural Sciences, series B 35: 183-187.
Type Information
Type locality: Off Sashima, Hayama, Sagami Prov. [Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan]; (Kitayama 2009: 184) Type: Showa Tenno [Emperor Showa of Japan, also known as Hirohito]; 15 August 1939; TNS; AL-R L-212 (y. no. 1859) (Kitayama 2009: 23)
Created: 17 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 March 2010
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Taxonomic note
According to Yamada (1944) the vegetative parts of this species resemble those of Rhodochorton, especially Acrochaetium spongicolum but it differs in having very peculiar stichidia. He considers it impossible to determine the systematic position due to the lack of cystocarps. According to Kitayama (2009), the presence of "stichidia" is actually an artifact, due to a cover of sponge spicules, forming bundles originally mistaken as part of the alga. - (17 August 2009) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 March 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 March 2025
