Nemalion vermiculare Suringar 1874

Publication Details
Nemalion vermiculare Suringar 1874: 91, pl. XIII

Published in: Suringar, W.F.R. (1874). Illustrationes des algues du Japon. Musée Botanique de Leide 1: 91-95, pl. 34.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Nemalion is Nemalion lubricum Duby.

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

Type Information
Type locality: "Japon" (Japan); (Yoshida 1998: 522)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), worm-shaped, almost cylindrical and bent in places, marked with irregular waves or bent lines (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 17 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 April 2022

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Distributional note
This species was introduced accidentally, probably via oysters from the northern Pacific, into the Mediterranean (Verlaque et al. 2015: 183) being first found in the Etang de Thau (France) in 2005, from which it does not appear to have spread (2015). - (05 November 2015) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2025

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