Carpopeltis prolifera (Hariot) Kawaguchi & Masuda 1984

Current name: Polyopes prolifer (Hariot) Kawaguchi & Wang
Sotogawa-cho, Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Chiba University. Transverse section of frondHideki Haga (902180827@office.chiba-u.jp)

Publication Details
Carpopeltis prolifera (Hariot) Kawaguchi & Masuda 1984: 232, figs 1-3

Published in: Kawaguchi, S. & Masuda, M. (1984). The identity of Gigartina prolifera Hariot (Rhodophyta). Japanese Journal of Phycology 32: 227-233, 3 figs.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Carpopeltis is Carpopeltis phyllophora (Hooker f. & Harvey) F.Schmitz.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Polyopes prolifer (Hariot) Kawaguchi & Wang.

Source of Synonymy
Kawaguchi, S., Wang, H.-W., Horiguchi, T., Lewis, J.A. & Masuda, M. (2002). Rejection of Sinkoraena and transfer of some species of Carpopeltis and Sinkoraena to Polyopes (Rhodophyta, Halymeniaceae). Phycologia 41: 619-635.

Basionym
Gigartina prolifera Hariot

Type Information
Type locality: Japan: Kanagawa Pref.: Yokosuka; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), producing offsets, bearing progeny as offshoots (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 22 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 27 September 2006

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 September 2006. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 June 2025