Gelidium pusillum f. foliaceum Okamura 1934

Publication Details
Gelidium pusillum f. foliaceum Okamura 1934: 51, pl. 17: figs. 3, 4

Published in: Okamura, K. (1934). On Gelidium and Pterocladia of Japan. Journal of the Imperial Fisheries Institute, Tokyo 29: 47-67, Plates 16-33.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gelidium is Gelidium corneum (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gelidium foliaceum (Okamura) E.M.Tronchin.

Source of Synonymy
Tronchin, E.M., Freshwater, D.W., Bolton, J.J. & Anderson, R.J. (2002). A reassessment and reclassification of species in the genera Onikusa Akatsuka and Suhria J. Agardh ex Endlicher (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta) based on molecular and morphological data. Botanica Marina 45: 548-558.

Type Information
Type locality: "Shiso-dima, Seto, Prov. Kii", (Shiso-jima, Seto near Tanabe, Wakayama Pref., Japan; (Silva & al. 1996: 142) Type: on barnacles; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very small (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 17 January 2001 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 06 January 2021

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 January 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 November 2024

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