Padina japonica
| Padina japonica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Gyrista |
| Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
| Class: | Phaeophyceae |
| Order: | Dictyotales |
| Family: | Dictyotaceae |
| Genus: | Padina |
| Species: | P. japonica
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| Binomial name | |
| Padina japonica Yamada, 1931[1]
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Padina japonica is a species of small brown alga found in the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific region.[1]
Description[edit]
Padina japonica has a flat blade rolled into a circle. The upper surface is whitish while the underside is brown. It is similar to Padina australis but rather smaller and the blade is usually unsplit.[2] Another very similar species is Padina sanctae-crucis; the underside of the latter is more highly calcified, the oogonia and the tetrasporangia are large and globular rather than small and oblong, and there is a single row of tetrasporangial sori rather than the multiple irregular rows of P. japonica.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Guiry, Michael D. (2015). "Padina japonica Yamada, 1931". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ "Padina japonica". Marine Plants of Hawai'i. Hawai'i Coral Reef Network. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ Ni-Ni-Win Win; Takeaki Hanyuda; Shogo Arai; Masayuki Uchimura (2010). "Four new species of Padina (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) from the western Pacific Ocean, and reinstatement of Padina japonica". Phycologia. 49 (2): 136–153. doi:10.2216/09-54.1.