Grateloupia asiatica S.Kawaguchi & H.W.Wang 2001

Current name: Grateloupia asiatica S.Kawaguchi & H.W.Wang
Sotogawa-cho, Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Chiba UniversityHideki Haga (902180827@office.chiba-u.jp)

Publication Details
Grateloupia asiatica S.Kawaguchi & H.W.Wang 2001: 435, fig. 1, 2

Published in: Kawaguchi, S., Wang, H.W., Horiguchi, T., Sartoni, G. & Masuda, M. (2001). A comparative study of the red alga Grateloupia filicina (Halymeniaceae) from the northwestern Pacific and Mediterranean with the desciption of Grateloupia asiatica, sp. nov.. Journal of Phycology 37: 433-442.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Grateloupia is Grateloupia filicina (J.V.Lamouroux) C.Agardh.

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

Type Information
Type locality: Tsuyazki, Fukuoka Prefecture. northern Kyushu, Japan; (Kawaguchi, Wang, Horiguchi, Sartoni & Masuda 2001: 435) Holotype: S. Kawaguchi; 6.4.1989; SAP; 088175 (Kawaguchi, Wang, Horiguchi, Sartoni & Masuda 2001: 435)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 August 2023

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Taxonomic note
This species has been introduced accidentally, probably via oyster cultivation, into the Mediterranean (Verlaque et al. 2015: 169) being first found in the Etang de Thau (France) in 1984. - (05 November 2015) - M.D. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 April 2025