Taxonomic and Distributional Accounts on the Non-geniculate Coralline Algae in Japan

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  • 日本産無節サンゴモの分類と分布

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Taxonomic and distributional accounts of non-geniculate coralline algae (Corallinales, Hapalidiales, Sporolithales) previously reported from Japan were re-evaluated based on the herbarium and newly collected specimens by morphological and anatomical observations. Of the 98 taxa previously reported in Japan, 75 taxa (72 species and 3 forms) were confirmed to occur. The remaining 23 taxa were treated as species excluded from Japanese flora (12 taxa), synonyms of other taxa (7 taxa) or species of uncertain status (4 taxa), respectively. Nine species were newly recorded for Japan (Heteroderma gibbsii , Pneophyllum coronatum , Hydrolithon cruciatum, Lithophyllum cuneatum , Lithophyllum insipidum , Lithothamnion crispatum , Lithothamnion proliferum, Mesophyllum funafutiense and Sporolithon episoredion). Most of the types of 32 taxa (26 species and 6 forms) reported from Japan have not been re-examined in modern methods. For each Japanese species, nomenclature, synonymy, detailed morphological and anatomical accounts, and distribution based on examined specimens are presented.

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