Microcladia elegans Okamura 1907

Publication Details
Microcladia elegans Okamura 1907: 1, pl. I: figs 1-10

Published in: Okamura, K. (1907). Icones of Japanese Algae. Vol. I pp. 1-22, pls I-V. Tokyo: published by the author.

Publication date: 1907

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Microcladia is Microcladia glandulosa (Solander ex Turner) Greville.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Herpochondria elegans (Okamura) Itono.

Source of Synonymy
Itono, H. (1977). Studies on the ceramiaceous algae (Rhodophyta) from southern parts of Japan. Bibliotheca Phycologica 35: 1-499, 72 figs.

Type Information
Syntype localities: Various, all in Japan; (Okamura 1907: 1) Lectotype: SAP; herb. Okamura (Yoshida 1998: 914) Notes: Lectotype: Fig. 3-88F in Yoshida (1998), Totomi [Shizuoka Prefecture], Japan.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), elegant (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 06 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 26 March 2013

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