Hydrolithon murakoshii Iryu & Matsuda 1996

Publication Details
Hydrolithon murakoshii Iryu & Matsuda 1996: 528, figs 1-14

Published in: Iryu, Y. & Matsuda, S. (1996). Hydrolithon murakoshii sp. nov. (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta) from Ishigaki-jima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Phycologia 35: 528-536.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Hydrolithon is Hydrolithon reinboldii (Weber Bosse & Foslie) Foslie.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: Off Kabira, Ishigaki-jima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan; (Iryu & Matsuda 1996: 529) Holotype: Matsuda; 5.v.1979; IGPS; no. 102674 (Iryu & Matsuda 1996: 529)

Eponomy
Named for "...Species named in honour of Dr Masayoshi Murakoshi, deputy of the Okinawa Prefectural Fisheries Ex­perimental Station"

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 27 December 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 March 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 October 2024

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