WoRMS taxon details
original description
Rousseau, F.; Gey, D.; Kurihara, A.; Maggs, C. A.; Martin-Lescanne, J.; Payri, C.; De Reviers, B.; Sherwood, A. R.; Le Gall, L. (2017). Molecular phylogenies support taxonomic revision of three species of Laurencia (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta), with the description of a new genus. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 269: 1-19, 6 figs., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.269 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Description With the characters of the genus Laurencia such as four pericentral cells, but lacking secondary pit connections between cortical cells and ‘corps en cerise’ inclusions in cortical cells. [details]
Taxonomic remark Ohelopapa means 'strawberry' in Tahitian, an allusion to the Tahitian origin, the red color, and the many stolons developed by Ohelopapa flexilis [details]
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