Dictyota okamurae (E.Y.Dawson) Hörnig, R.Schnetter & Prud'homme 1993

Publication Details
Dictyota okamurae (E.Y.Dawson) Hörnig, R.Schnetter & Prud'homme 1993: 170

Published in: Hörnig, I., Schnetter, R. & Prud'homme van Reine, W.F. (1993). Additional note to "The genus Dictyota (Phaeophyceae) in the North Atlantic. I. A new generic concept and new species." Correction and validation of new combinations in the genus Dictyota. Nova Hedwigia 56: 169-171.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dictyota is Dictyota dichotoma (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rugulopteryx okamurae (E.Y.Dawson) I.K.Hwang, W.J.Lee & H.S.Kim.

Source of Synonymy
Hwang, I-K., Lee, W.J., Kim H.-S & De Clerck, O. (2009). Taxonomic reappraisal of Dilophus okamurae (Dictyotales, Phaeophyta) from the western Pacific Ocean. Phycologia 48: 1-12.

Basionym
Dilophus okamurae E.Y.Dawson

Type Information
Notes: See data for Dictyota marginata Okamura.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 23 May 2011

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Nomenclatural note
See Dilophus okamurae Dawson. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 May 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 April 2025

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