Distromium skottsbergii Levring

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Dictyotales
Family Dictyotaceae
Tribe Zonarieae
Genus Distromium

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KwaZulu-Natal. Heroen Verbruggen. © Heroen Verbruggen (heroen.verbruggen@gmail.com). From: De Clerck, O., Bolton, J.J., Anderson, R.J. & Coppejans, E. (2005). Guide to the seaweeds of KwaZulu-Natal. Scripta Botanica Belgica 33: 1-294. Purchase information.

Distromium skottsbergii Levring KwaZulu-Natal

Publication details
Distromium skottsbergii Levring 1940: 4, figs 2, 3

Original publication: Levring, T. (1940). Die Phaeophyceengattungen Clanidophora, Distromium und Syringoderma. Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets i Lund Förhandlingar 10(20): 1-11, 5 figs.

Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Distromium.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Type locality: Islas Juan Fernández, Chile (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 597).UC 1501250 Notes: Herbarium determined by R. Ellis and M. Chihara

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Distromium skottsbergii Levring)
South America: Chile (Ramírez & Santelices 1991, Silva & Chacana 2005).

Africa: South Africa (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Tronchin & De Clerck 2005).

Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Adams 1994, Adams 1997, Harper et al. 2012).

Key references
Levring, T. (1940). Die Phaeophyceengattungen Clanidophora, Distromium und Syringoderma. Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets i Lund Förhandlingar 10(20): 1-11, 5 figs.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Distromium&species=skottsbergii

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Distromium&Species=skottsbergii

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 12 July 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 22 January 2009 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 837 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=11882

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:71521