Antithamnion nipponicum Yamada & Inagaki 1935
Publication Details
Antithamnion nipponicum Yamada & Inagaki 1935: 38, figs 1-3
Published in: Yamada, Y. & Inagaki, K. (1935). On Acrothamnion pulchellum Yamada (non J. Agardh) from Japan. Scientific Papers of the Institute of Algological Research, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Imperial University 1: 37-40.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Antithamnion is Antithamnion cruciatum (C.Agardh) Nägeli.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Natudomari-zaki, Mutu Bay, Osyoro, Siribesi Prov., Japan; (Cho, Won & Fredericq 2005/2006: 333) Type: SAP; 022777 (Yoshida 1998: 875) Notes: Lectotype: original illustration fig. 1, designated by Athanasiadis (2009: figs 1-3); epitype: SAP 08203, undated, Ooshima, Mutsu Bay, leg.Y Yamada, designated by Athanasiadis (2009: figs 4-12).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 11 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 February 2024
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Taxonomic note
According to Athanasiadis (2009), A. nipponicum is a heterotypic synonym of A. pectinatum, and the correct name of the species currently passing under the name A. nipponicum should be A. hubbsii. - (26 February 2013) - G.M. Guiry
Distributional note
Cho et al. (2006) record that the adventive plants reported by Curiel et al. (1996, 1998) as A. pectinatum from the Venice Lagoon represent this species. It was first found in first found in the Etang de Thau (France) around 1988 (Verlaque et al. 2015: 123). Further adventive populations are decribed by Cho et al. (2006) from North Carolina and from the Pacific Coast of North America (California). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 April 2025
