Rugulopteryx okamurae (E.Y.Dawson) I.K.Hwang, W.J.Lee & H.S.Kim 2009

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Rugulopteryx okamurae (E.Y.Dawson) I.K.Hwang, W.J.Lee & H.S.Kim 2009: 5

Published in: Hwang, I-K., Lee, W.J., Kim H.-S & De Clerck, O. (2009). Taxonomic reappraisal of Dilophus okamurae (Dictyotales, Phaeophyta) from the western Pacific Ocean. Phycologia 48: 1-12.

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Publication date: 2 January 2009

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Rugulopteryx is Rugulopteryx radicans (Harvey) De Clerck & Coppejans.

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

Basionym
Dilophus okamurae E.Y.Dawson

Type Information
Notes: See data for Dictyota marginata Okamura.

Eponomy
Named for Kintaro Okamura (1867-1935), Japanese phycologist.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 04 March 2009 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 April 2025

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Distributional note
"...only R. okamurae was recorded from the Mediterranean Sea in the Étang de Thau (France). Since only sterile thalli were found, its identification was substantiated by a comparison of genetic sequence of psbA between Mediterranean and NE Pacific specimens (Verlaque & al. 2009)." (Cormaci et al. 2012: 67). It was first found in first found in the Etang de Thau (France) around 2002 (Verlaque & al. 2015: 81). It has since spread to an area around Marseille where is has become invasive and where it is spreading rapidly (2021)( see Ruitton & al. 2021). - (27 August 2015) - M.D. Guiry

Habitat note
on rocky substrates, from intertidal to subtidal zones to depths of 5m (Vieira et al., 2025). - (23 April 2025) - G.M. Guiry

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