Eaprasiola Heesch, Guiry & Rindi, 2025
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https://doi.org/10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2025v46a2 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15846337 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FA5B39-8A6E-8E48-FF27-FA41FE0162AA |
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Eaprasiola Heesch, Guiry & Rindi |
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gen. nov. |
Genus Eaprasiola Heesch, Guiry & Rindi , gen. nov.
ETYMOLOGY. — Derived from “Ea”, a prefix based on the abbreviation of “East Asian” as a connotation of the three east Asian countries where this species has so far been recorded from, i.e. Japan, South Korea and China ( Guiry & Guiry 2024).
TYPE. — Eaprasiola japonica (Yatabe) Heesch, Guiry & Rindi , comb. nov. (basionym: Prasiola japonica Yatabe ), below.
DESCRIPTION
Thalli consisting of oval or linear blades, up to 4 cm wide and 20 cm long, attached to the substratum by a small, callus-like holdfast. Reproduction takes places sexually by oogamy and asexually by aplanospores. Life history consists of a repetition of the same generation that reproduces both asexually and sexually. Living in freshwater.
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