Pterocladia tenuis Okamura 1934
Current name:
Pterocladiella tenuis (Okamura) Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda
Sotogawa-cho, Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Chiba University. Transverse section of fronds show extensive medullary rhizinesHideki Haga (902180827@office.chiba-u.jp)
Publication Details
Pterocladia tenuis Okamura 1934: 48, pl. 29; pl. 30: fig. 3; pl. 33: figs 1, 2
Published in: Okamura, K. (1934). On Gelidium and Pterocladia of Japan. Journal of the Imperial Fisheries Institute, Tokyo 29: 47-67, Plates 16-33.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pterocladia is Pterocladia lucida (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pterocladiella tenuis (Okamura) Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda.
Type Information
Lectotype locality: Enoshima, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan; (Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda 2000: 16) Lectotype: March 1897; SAP (Okamura herb.); (Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda 2000: 16, fig. 13)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), thin, fine, slender (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 27 September 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 January 2011
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 January 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024