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A new species of dasycladacean algae, Koninckopora delicata, is described from the Upper Viséan Buntoku Formation of the Mt. Yokokura, Shikoku, Japan. The genus Koninckopora is reviewed, and the following species, apart from the new one, are considered as valid and the member of the genus; K. inflata, K. minuta, K.? mortelmansi, K. pruvosti, K. sahariensis and K. tenuiramosa. The genus Koninckopora is widely distributed in Northern Hemisphere between the latitudes 20° and 70° North, and is almost completely confined within the Viséan, Early Carboniferous.