Benzaitenia yenoshimensis Yendo 1913

Current name: Benzaitenia yenoshimensis Yendo
Sotogawa-cho, Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Chiba UniversityHideki Haga (902180827@office.chiba-u.jp)

Publication Details
Benzaitenia yenoshimensis Yendo 1913: 283, pl. XIV [14]: figs 1-10

Published in: Yendo, K. (1913). Some new algae from Japan. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 51: 275-288, pls XIII, XIV.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Benzaitenia.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: Japan: Hokkaido: Yageshiri I., Otaru Bay (viii. 1910); (INA 1996) Type: TI; herb. Yendo (Yoshida 1998: 1008) Notes: Syntypes from Yenoshima near Tokyo Bay; Oshoro and Yageshiri [Yangeshiri] I., near Otaru. Lectotype fide Yoshida, 1991: 6, pl. 23 (INA).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 12 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 19 December 2017

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Habitat note
Parasitic on Chondria crassicaulis (Kurihara et al. 2010). - (30 August 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 December 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 June 2025