Ulva tentaculosa Lagourgue & Payri, 2022

Santiañez, Wilfred John E., 2023, Ulva vietnamensis L. - A. T. Tran, Leliaert & De Clerck is a heterotypic synonym of Ulva tentaculosa Lagourgue & Payri (Ulvaceae, Chlorophyta), Notulae Algarum 276, pp. 1-3 : 1-2

Ulva tentaculosa Lagourgue & Payri (in Lagourgue & al.), p. [10] 467, figs 40–45, 21 Feb. 2022

Holotype: NOU218829 , 12 July 2020, leg. C. E. Payri, deposited in NOU ( Lagourgue & al., 2022).

Type locality: western coast of Grande Terre, Cap Goulevain, New Caledonia ( Lagourgue & al., 2022).

Heterotypic synonym: Ulva vietnamensis L.-A.T.Tran, Leliaert & De Clerck (in Tran & al.) Phycological Research 71(1): 20, fig. 4. 5 Nov. 2022 [‘2023’].

Known distribution: New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Vietnam ( Lagourgue & al. 2022, Tran & al. 2023).

WJES was funded by an UP Marine Science Institute In-house Research Grant and by the Department of Science and Technology ( DOST)-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) of the Government of the Philippines for the project “Understanding Physiological Vulnerability of Ulva spp. : Implications to Green Tide Blooms.” Many thanks to Michael Guiry and Craig Schneider for their comments and suggestions that have helped improve this manuscript.

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