Halosaccion minjaii I.K.Lee 1977
Publication Details
Halosaccion minjaii I.K.Lee 1977: 245, figs 1-32
Published in: Lee, I.K. (1977). Halosaccion minjaii spec. nov. (Rhodophyta, Rhodymeniales) from the Aleutian Islands. Phycologia 16: 245-252.
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Halosaccion is Halosaccion hydrophorum (Postels & Ruprecht) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Eponomy
Named for Professor Min Jai Lee of Seoul University.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
"Thallus is saccular, broadly oval, up to 9 cm high and up to 6 cm wide, with a rounded apex and wedge-shaped base, is attached to the substrate by a disk, red-brown, does not fade. It differs from other species of the genus Halosaccion by the presence on the surface of the thallus of various forms of irregularities (lumpy swellings and depressions). It grows in the littoral zone, in littoral pools near the Kuril, Commander and Aleutian Islands, and is considered a representative of the island flora. It was found near Starichkov Island (Eastern Kamchatka). Samples from Matua Island are very large." (Lopatina & Zhigadlova 2020: 391, in Russian).
Created: 10 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 December 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 December 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024
