Pterosiphonia tanakae Uwai & Masuda 1999

Publication Details
Pterosiphonia tanakae Uwai & Masuda 1999: 241, figs 1-35

Published in: Uwai, S. & Masuda, M. (1999). Pterosiphonia tanakae (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales), a new red algal species from Japan. Phycological Research 47: 241-250.

Publication date: December 1999

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pterosiphonia is Pterosiphonia cloiophylla (C.Agardh) Falkenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Symphyocladiella dendroidea (Montagne) Bustamante, B.Y.Won, S.C.Lindstrom & T.O.Cho.

Source of Synonymy
Bustamante, D.E., Won, B.Y., Lindstrom, S.C. & Cho, T.O. (2019). The new genus Symphyocladiella gen. nov. (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) based on S. bartlingiana comb. nov. from the Pacific Ocean. Phycologia 58(1): 9-17.

Type Information
Type locality: Japan: Hiroshima Pref.: Motoujina; (INA 1996) Type: S. Uwai; 23.vi.1998; SAP; 070837 (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 May 2019

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Taxonomic notes
According to Bustamante et al. (2016: 359), this is a heterotypic synonym of P. dendroidea. - (03 July 2017) - G.M. Guiry
This species was introduced accidentally, probably via oysters from Japan, into the Mediterranean (Verlaque et al. 2015: 217), being first found in the Etang de Thau (France) in 1993. - (05 November 2015) - M.D. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 May 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2025

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