Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar 1873

Publication Details
Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar 1873: 77, pls VI, VII [6, 7]

Published in: Suringar, W.F.R. (1873). Illustrationes des algues du Japon. Musée Botanique de Leide 1: 77-90, pls 26-33.

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

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

Basionym
Alaria pinnatifida Harvey

Type Information
Type locality: "Simoda, Japan." [Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.]; (Harvey 1860: 329) Type: TCD; (Lee & Yoon 1998: 429) Notes: Collector: Wright (INA).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), pinnately cleft (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 09 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 November 2024

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Distributional notes
This species has been introduced into the Mediterranean (Verlaque et al. 2015: 57) being first found in the Etang de Thau (France) in 1971. - (03 November 2015) - M.D. Guiry
Womersley (2003: 499, 500) notes that this species has been recorded from southern Australian coasts and that it should be regarded as a serious pest. - (19 February 2009) - G.M. Guiry

Usage note
Species of considerable economic importance as food source in Japan, Korea and China (trade name: Wakame). Total annual yield from natural harvest and cultivation sites of Undaria spp. was about 130,000 tons fresh weight in 1967 (Saito 1975). Long-line culture started in the early 1960's and meanwhile production increased to about 30% of the wild harvest in Japan (Sanbonsuga 1984). For cultivation methods and propagation of Undaria see Saito (1975) and Jung (1988). Some progress has been made in tissue culture, protoplast isolation and cryopreservation (Arbault et al. 1990, Chen 1984, Shabao 1988, Tokuda & Kawashima 1988). More information at Surialink - (28 August 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 November 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 February 2025

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