WoRMS taxon details
Pterocladia J.Agardh, 1851
144136 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144136)
accepted
Genus
Pterocladiastrum Akatsuka, 1986 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Pterocladia heteroplatos (Børgesen) Umamaheswara Rao & Kaliaperumal, 1982
- Species Pterocladia kanyakumariensis P.Sindhu & M.V.N.Panikkar, 1995
- Species Pterocladia lucida (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh, 1851
- Species Pterocladia sonorensis (E.Y.Dawson) J.G.Stewart & J.N.Norris, 2014
- Species Pterocladia angolensis Welwitsch, 1995 (uncertain)
- Species Pterocladia benguellensis Welwitsch, 1995 (uncertain)
- Species Pterocladia tripolitana De Toni & Levi, 1888 (uncertain)
- Species Pterocladia americana W.R.Taylor, 1943 accepted as Gelidium americanum (W.R.Taylor) Santelices, 1976
- Species Pterocladia bartlettii W.R.Taylor, 1943 accepted as Pterocladiella bartlettii (W.R.Taylor) Santelices, 1998
- Species Pterocladia bulbosa N.H.Loomis, 1960 accepted as Pterocladiella bulbosa (N.H.Loomis) Santelices, 1997
- Species Pterocladia caerulescens (Kützing) Santelices, 1976 accepted as Pterocladiella caerulescens (Kützing) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997 (synonym)
- Species Pterocladia caespitosa (Kylin) R.E.Norris, 1987 accepted as Pterocladiella caespitosa (Kylin) Santelices, 1998 (synonym)
- Species Pterocladia caloglossoides (M.A.Howe) E.Y.Dawson, 1953 accepted as Pterocladiella caloglossoides (M.Howe) Santelices, 1998 (synonym)
- Species Pterocladia capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Bornet, 1876 accepted as Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997 (synonym)
- Species Pterocladia complanata N.H.Loomis, 1949 accepted as Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
- Species Pterocladia densa Okamura, 1934 accepted as Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
- Species Pterocladia lindaueri K.C.Fan, 1961 accepted as Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
- Species Pterocladia mcnabbiana E.Y.Dawson, 1957 accepted as Gelidium mcnabbianum (E.Y.Dawson) B.Santelices, 1998 (synonym)
- Species Pterocladia media E.Y.Dawson, 1958 accepted as Pterocladiella media (E.Y.Dawson) G.H.Boo & K.A.Miller, 2016
- Species Pterocladia melanoidea (Schousboe ex Bornet) E.Y.Dawson, 1962 accepted as Pterocladiella melanoidea (Schousboe ex Bornet) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
- Species Pterocladia mexicana W.R.Taylor, 1945 accepted as Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
- Species Pterocladia musciformis W.R.Taylor, 1945 accepted as Pterocladiella musciformis (W.R.Taylor) G.H.Boo & K.A.Miller, 2016
- Species Pterocladia nana Okamura, 1931 accepted as Pterocladiella nana (Okamura) Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda, 2000 (synonym)
- Species Pterocladia okamurae (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) W.R.Taylor, 1945 accepted as Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
- Species Pterocladia parva E.Y.Dawson, 1953 accepted as Pterocladiella caloglossoides (M.Howe) Santelices, 1998 (synonym)
- Species Pterocladia pectinata (A.Gepp & E.S.Gepp) A.H.S.Lucas, 1931 accepted as Ptilophora pectinata (A.Gepp & E.S.Gepp) R.E.Norris, 1987
- Species Pterocladia pinnata (Hudson) Papenfuss, 1950 accepted as Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997 (synonym)
- Species Pterocladia pyramidalis (N.L.Gardner) E.Y.Dawson, 1945 accepted as Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
- Species Pterocladia rectangularis (Lucas) Womersley & Guiry, 1994 accepted as Orthogonacladia rectangularis (A.H.S.Lucas) G.H.Boo & T.Wernberg, 2016
- Species Pterocladia rigida N.H.Loomis, 1960 accepted as Pterocladiella caerulescens (Kützing) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
- Species Pterocladia robusta W.R.Taylor, 1945 accepted as Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
- Species Pterocladia tenuis Okamura, 1934 accepted as Pterocladiella tenuis (Okamura) Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda, 2000
- Species Pterocladia tropica E.Y.Dawson, 1959 accepted as Pterocladiella caerulescens (Kützing) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
marine
Not documented
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8199
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8199 [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Pterocladia J.Agardh, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144136 on 2026-05-20
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Avila-Peltroche, J.; Padilla, J. (2020). The seaweed resources of Peru. <em>Botanica Marina.</em> 63. 381-394., available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2020-0026 [details]
additional source Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. <em>University of California Publications in Botany.</em> 79: 1-1259., available online at https://books.google.be/books?hl=pt-PT&lr=&id=vtBdDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=Catalogue+of+the+benthic+marine+algae+of+the+Indian+Ocean&ots=FL-YOKu8Cx&sig=3PmT926F1rNHQTf1AhDeY-ztmu4#v=onepage&q=Catalogue%20of%20the%20benthic%20marine%20algae%20of%20the%20 [details]
additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
additional source Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. <em>University of California Publications in Botany.</em> 79: 1-1259., available online at https://books.google.be/books?hl=pt-PT&lr=&id=vtBdDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=Catalogue+of+the+benthic+marine+algae+of+the+Indian+Ocean&ots=FL-YOKu8Cx&sig=3PmT926F1rNHQTf1AhDeY-ztmu4#v=onepage&q=Catalogue%20of%20the%20benthic%20marine%20algae%20of%20the%20 [details]
additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8199 [details]
Published in AlgaeBase 
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Pterocladiastrum Akatsuka, 1986)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pterocladia)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pterocladia.JPG)
To ITIS
Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Pterocladiastrum Akatsuka, 1986)To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pterocladia)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pterocladia.JPG)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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