Crouania minutissima Yamada 1944
Current name:
Crouania minutissima Yamada
Hawaii; epiphytic on Amphora; scale is 100 µm - 15 August 2011. J.M. Huisman
Publication Details
Crouania minutissima Yamada 1944: 40, no fig.
Published in: Yamada, Y. (1944). A list of the marine algae from the atoll of Ant. Scientific Papers of the Institute of Algological Research, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Imperial University 3: 31-45, pls VI, VII.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Crouania is Crouania attenuata (C.Agardh) J.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Atoll of Ant [Ant Atoll, near Ponape, Caroline Islands]; (Yamada 1944: 31) Holotype: SAP; slide (Yoshida 1998: 901)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), extremely small.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 22 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 October 2022
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Taxonomic note
Huisman (2018: 366) remarked: 'Several authors have questioned the generic placement of C. minutissima, based on the inclusion in Yamada's description of "branchlets ... four in number in every whorl". However, Itono and Abbott re-examined the species (the latter with authentic material) and observed only 3 whorl branches per axial cell, thus confirming its placement in Crouania. Crouania minutissima is similar to C. attenuata, a species reported from the Great Barrier Reef by Price & Scott (1982: 117), but the latter is larger and has more congested whorl branches."' - (27 September 2018) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 October 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 April 2025
