Lithophyllum okamurae

Lithophyllum okamurae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Corallinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Rhodophyta Subdivisio: Rhodophytina Classis: Florideophyceae Subclassis: Corallinophycidae Ordo: Corallinales

Familia: Corallinaceae
Subfamilia: Lithophylloideae
Genus: Lithophyllum
Species: Lithophyllum okamurae

Name

Lithophyllum okamurae Foslie, 1900 (as 'Okamurai')

• Type locality: Marine Laboratory, Sagami Province (Kanagawa Prefecture), Japan. Lectotype: Y.Yendo; 1899; no habitat data on type. TRH A21-1318.

• Named for Kintarô Okamura (1867–1935), Japanese phycologist.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Lithophyllum okamurae f. trincomaliense Foslie, 1906
  • Lithophyllum okamurae f. validum Foslie, 1906
  • Lithophyllum validum (Foslie) Foslie, 1909

References

• Foslie, M. 1900. Five new calcareous algae. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1900(3): 1–6. : 4, no fig.
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Lithophyllum okamurae. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 17 August 2017.

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