Pterocladia densa Okamura 1934
Publication Details
Pterocladia densa Okamura 1934: 63, figs 1, 2; pl. 33: figs 4-8
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 capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand.
Source of Synonymy
Santelices, B. (1999). Taxonomic status of the species originally ascribed to the genus Pterocladia (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta). In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds with reference to some Pacific species Vol. VII. (Abbott, I.A. Eds) Vol.7, pp. 71-80. La Jolla, California: California Sea Grant College System.
Type Information
Lectotype locality: Uradomi, Tottori Prefecture; (Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda 2000: 16) Lectotype: August 1923; SAP (Okamura herb.); (Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda 2000: 16, fig. 14) Notes: Syntype localities: Kashiwadima (Kashiwa jima), Tosa Province; Hatydyodima (Hachijo jima), Japan (Santelices 1999: 73).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), dense (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 19 March 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 22 November 2024
