Sonderophycus cauliferus (Okamura) S.Y.Jeong, B.Y.Won & T.O.Cho, nom. inval. 2017

Current name: Peyssonnelia caulifera Okamura
Palau Islands, West Pacific, 0.5 m deep in the shade - 25 November 2002. Palau International Coral Reef Center

Publication Details
Sonderophycus cauliferus (Okamura) S.Y.Jeong, B.Y.Won & T.O.Cho, nom. inval. 2017: 349

Published in: Jeong, S.Y., Bustamante, D., Lee, J.G., Won, B.Y., Kim, S.H. & Cho, T. (2017). Two new records of Peyssonnelia species and Sonderophycus cauliferus comb. nov. within the family Peyssonneliaceae (Peyssonneliales) from Korea. Korean Journal of Environmental Biology 35(3): 345-353, 4 figs.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sonderophycus is Sonderophycus australis (Sonder) Denizot.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Peyssonnelia caulifera Okamura.

Basionym
Peyssonnelia caulifera Okamura

Type Information
Type locality: Japan: Sagami: Boshu; (INA 1996) Lectotype (fide Yoshida, 1975. Bull. Jap. Soc. Phycol. 23: 6): SAP; Algae Exsiccatae Japonicae no. 82 (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 11 September 2018 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 14 March 2019

Verification of Data
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Nomenclatural note
Invalid: basionym not cited fully and correctly ["Synonyms: Peyssonnelia caulifera Okamura 1899"]. - (11 September 2018) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 March 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 June 2025