Nanozostera japonica (Ascherson & Graebner) Tomlinson & Posluszny 2001

Current name: Nanozostera japonica (Ascherson & Graebner) Tomlinson & Posluszny
Sotogawa-cho, Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Chiba University. Section of frondHideki Haga (902180827@office.chiba-u.jp)

Publication Details
Nanozostera japonica (Ascherson & Graebner) Tomlinson & Posluszny 2001: 432

Published in: Tomlinson, P.B. & Posluzny, U. (2001). Generic limits in the seagrass family Zosteraceae. Taxon 50: 429-437.

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Publication date: "May 2001"

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Nanozostera is Nanozostera noltei (Hornemann) Tomlinson & Posluszny.

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

Basionym
Zostera japonica Ascherson & Graebner

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), pertaining to Japan (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 March 2023 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 May 2023

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Nomenclatural note
"The four-locus and matK analyses also revealed that two other species of Nanozostera, the disjunctly distributed N. japonica (restricted to the North Pacific) and N. noltii [sic] (restricted to the NE Atlantic) (Green & Short, 2003) and each with 12 chromosomes, were highly resolved from the southern hemisphere Nanozostera spp., all of which have 24 chromosomes (Kuo, 2001)." (Coyer & al. 2013: 281). - (31 March 2023) - M.D. Guiry

Distributional note
Adventive in N. America: "Although N. japonica is a recent invader to the west coast of North America (first observed in 1957 in Puget Sound, WA) presumably from oyster spat imported to Puget Sound from the Akkeshi Bay region of Hokkaido, Japan beginning in the early 1900s (Harrison & Bigley, 1982), our data show a closer affinity of Nanaimo (BC, Canada) and Padilla Bay (WA, USA) individuals to a population from Geojedo, South Korea. Certainly, additional and populationlevel samplings, combined with microsatellite or SNP analysis, are necessary to determine the introductory origin of North American populations of N. japonica." (Coyer & al. 2013; 281). - (31 March 2023) - M.D. Guiry

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 May 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 April 2025