Cyrtymenia sparsa Okamura 1934
Current name:
Grateloupia sparsa (Okamura) Chiang
Lung-tung, Taipei County, Taiwan. 1996. 3. 2. Photo by Huang Su-fang, National Taiwan Museum, from http://www.ntm.gov.tw/seaweeds.Sue Huang (sfhuang@ntm.gov.tw)
Publication Details
Cyrtymenia sparsa Okamura 1934: 36, pl. CCCXIX [319], figs 8-11
Published in: Okamura, K. (1934). Icones of Japanese algae. Vol. 7 pp. 19-48 (English), 17-44 (Japanese), Plates CCCXI-CCCXXV. Tokyo.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Cyrtymenia is Cyrtymenia hieroglyphica (J.Agardh) F.Schmitz.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Grateloupia sparsa (Okamura) Chiang.
Source of Synonymy
Chiang, Y.M. (1970). Morphological studies of red algae of the family Cryptonemiaceae. University of California Publications in Botany 58: [i]-vi , 1-95, incl. 10 pls, 34 figs.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), sparse, scattered (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 31 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 June 2012
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 June 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 January 2025
