NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI
Online ISSN : 1349-998X
Print ISSN : 0021-5392
ISSN-L : 0021-5392
Distinction among Forms of the “Asakusanori” (Porphyra) in the Tokyo Bay. A preliminary note
S. SUTO
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1950 Volume 15 Issue 11 Pages 649-652

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The “Asaksanori” (the laver cultivated in Japan) has been supposed to be separable into several forms, but to distinguish decidedly in each form is difficult for their simple organization and their much variable shape. Kunieda3) proposed that the number of horizontally divided cells of a sporeling just before the appearance of the first virtical division -“n”- makes the most reliable criterion for forms.
By observing “n”, the author divided the “Asakusanori” in the Tokyo Bay into seven forms (Cf. Fig. 1 and Table 1). A point of importance is that other characters beside “n” of these forms also change hand in hand with “n”. The form 1-4 multiply sexually and asexually, the form 5-7 only sexually. The shape of the fronds is round in the form 1, slender in the form 6, most slender in the form 7. The form 5-7 luxiliate early in winter, the form 1-2 late in winter.
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