Pterosiphonia fibrillosa Okamura 1912
Current name:
Melanothamnus fibrillosus (Okamura) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs
Sotogawa-cho, Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Chiba University. Frond sectionHideki Haga (902180827@office.chiba-u.jp)
Publication Details
Pterosiphonia fibrillosa Okamura 1912: 172, pl. XCVIII
Published in: Okamura, K. (1912). Icones of Japanese Algae. pp. 86-90, pls LXXXVI-C. Tokyo: The Author.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pterosiphonia is Pterosiphonia cloiophylla (C.Agardh) Falkenberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Melanothamnus fibrillosus (Okamura) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs.
Type Information
Type locality: Shirahama, Chiba Pref., Japan ; (Uwai & Masuda 1999: 227) Lectotype: SAP (Okamura Herbarium); the larger of two specimens (Uwai & Masuda 1999: 227, fig. 1)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 12 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 May 2017
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Citing AlgaeBase
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 May 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
