Rugulopteryx okamurae is a species of brown algae native to the temperate areas of the Northwest Pacific Ocean that has become invasive in the Mediterranean and Northeast Atlantic.[2]

Rugulopteryx okamurae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Dictyotales
Family: Dictyotaceae
Genus: Rugulopteryx
Species:
R. okamurae
Binomial name
Rugulopteryx okamurae
(E.Y.Dawson) I.K.Hwang, W.J.Lee & H.S.Kim [1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Dictyota marginata Okamura, 1913
  • Dictyota okamurae (E.Y.Dawson) Hörnig, R.Schnetter & Prud'homme van Reine, 1993
  • Dilophus marginatus (Okamura) Okamura, 1915
  • Dilophus okamurae E.Y.Dawson, 1950

References edit

  1. ^ a b Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2024). "Rugulopteryx okamurae (E.Y.Dawson) I.K.Hwang, W.J.Lee & H.S.Kim, 2009". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  2. ^ Barcelos, L.; Pham, C.K.; Menezes, G.; Bettencourt, R.; Rocha, N.; Carvalho, M.; Felgueiras, H.P. (2023). "A Concise Review on the Potential Applications of Rugulopteryx okamurae Macroalgae". Mar. Drugs. 21 (1): 40. doi:10.3390/md21010040. PMC 9864944. PMID 36662213.