Nitophyllum stellatocorticatum Okamura 1932
Publication Details
Nitophyllum stellatocorticatum Okamura 1932: 96, pl. 299; pl. 300, figs 10, 11 (as 'stellato-corticatum')
Published in: Okamura, K. (1932). Icones of Japanese algae. Vol. VI pp. 63-101 (English), 61-96 (Japanese), pls CCLXXXI-CCC. Tokyo: published by the author.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Nitophyllum is Nitophyllum punctatum (Stackhouse) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Gulf of Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan; Holotype: SAP; herb. Okamura (Yoshida 1998: 988) Notes: on shell in deeper waters (INA).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 11 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 December 2023
Verification of Data
Users are responsible for verifying the accuracy of information before use, as noted on the website Content page.
Taxonomic note
This species has been introduced accidentally, probably via oyster cultivation, into the Mediterranean (Verlaque et al. 2015: 159) being first found in the Etang de Thau (France) prior to 1988. "In the Mediterranean Sea, this species occurs only at the Étang de Thau (France) where it was accidentally introduced with the import of shellfish from Japan (Verlaque et al., 2015: 158, with 9 figures). It differs from N. punctatum [to which specimens from the Étange de Thau (France) collected in 1984, were initially referred to by Ben Maiz (1986, fide Verlaque et al., 2015: 159)] in showing: 1. a rather large blade to 30 cm high and 15 cm wide (blades to 5-6 cm high in N. punctatum); 2. a mono- to distromatic blade (only monostromatic in N. punctatum); 3. scattered groups of cells forming rosette structures, well evident on the blade (rosette structures absent in N. punctatum)." (Cormaci & al. 2023: 484). - (05 November 2015) - M.D. Guiry
Linking to this page: https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=4753
Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 April 2025
