Gelidium amansii f. elegans (Kützing) Okamura 1934
Current name:
Gelidium elegans Kützing
Sotogawa-cho, Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Chiba University. Transverse section of frondHideki Haga (902180827@office.chiba-u.jp)
Publication Details
Gelidium amansii f. elegans (Kützing) Okamura 1934: 56
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 Gelidium is Gelidium corneum (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gelidium elegans Kützing.
Source of Synonymy
Norris, R.E. (1990). A critique on the taxonomy of an important agarophyte, Gelidium amansii. Japanese Journal of Phycology 38: 35-42, 9 figs, 1 table.
Basionym
Gelidium elegans Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: in mari Japanico, prope Yokohama; (Kützing 1868: 18) Holotype: von Martens; L; 941.46.342 (Yoshida 1998: 634)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 28 October 2005 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 August 2011
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 August 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
