Dactylosiphon durville

Belleza, Dominic Franco C., Tateishi, Hiroto, Tanimae, Shin-Ichiro, Kobayashi, Taishun, Aota, Tomoyuki, Urasawa, Toshiki & Nishihara, Gregory N., 2025, An annotated list of brown seaweeds (Phaeophyceae) from Nakadori Island (northern Goto Islands, Nagasaki, Japan), Phytotaxa 694 (1), pp. 1-24 : 12

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.694.1.1
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FBD87A-FFA4-587A-FF5A-FB3CFDB0F99F
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Dactylosiphon durville
status

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* Dactylosiphon durville i (Bory) Santiañez, K.M. Lee, S.M. Boo & Kogame, 2018

Japanese name: ホソクビワタモ (hosokubiwatamo)

Basionym: Asperococcus durvillei Bory, 1828

Type locality: —Concepcion, Chile

Description and remarks: —The specimen is composed of several tubular, saccate and unbranched thalli with varying sizes arising from a common point. The longest has heights of about 10–15.5 cm while shorter ones are about 0.5–6 cm. This species is common in sheltered areas of Yokoura in early-late spring.

The specimen bears several bite marks, 5–8 mm wide, along the middle and apices on several of its thalli, indicating it as a food source for herbivorous fish at Yokoura.

Material examined: —18ECS1-122-1