Padina minor Yamada, 1925

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 : 10

* Padina minor Yamada, 1925

Japanese name: ƯスユキƯチワ (usuyukiuchiwa)

Type locality: —Cape Oluanbi, Taiwan

Description and remarks: —Thallus is prostrate, 3.5–5 cm in length from the holdfast and 4–7 cm in width. Blades are flabellate to reniform and margins may be entire or appear lobed. Clefts may be present which may make the lobes overlap. Both sides of the thallus are calcified. In fresh specimens the thalli appear light brown but later turn even lighter when dried. This species is common in Yokoura from early-late summer where they are found in association with dense stands of P. Arborescens and H. clathratus .

Materials examined: —18ECS1-84 (1to 3)