Acetabularia schenckii K. Möbius
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Viridaeplantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Class Ulvophyceae
Order Dasycladales
Family Polyphysaceae
Genus Acetabularia
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Cap. Photo-Atlas of living Dasycladales. Sigrid Berger.
Publication details
Acetabularia schenckii K. Möbius 1889: 318-320, pl. 10: figs 8-12
Original publication: Möbius, M. (1889). Bearbeitung der von H. Schenck in Brasilien gesammelten Algen. Hedwigia 28: 309-347, 1 fig, Plates X, XI.
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Acetabularia is Acetabularia acetabulum (Linnaeus) P.C. Silva.
Status of name
This is regarded as a current name.
Eponomy
Named for H. schenck, a German phycologist.
Synonym(s)
Acicularia schenckii (K. Möbius) Solms-Laubach 1895
General environment
This is a marine species.
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Acetabularia schenckii K. Möbius)
North America: Florida (Littler, Littler & Hanisak 2008), Texas (Wynne 2009).
Caribbean Islands: Caribbean (Littler & Littler 2000), Cuba (Suárez 2005).
South America: Venezuela (Ganesan 1990).
(as Acicularia schenckii (K. Möbius) Solms-Laubach)
North America: Florida (Taylor 1928).
Central America: Panama (Wysor & Kooistra 2003, Wysor 2004).
Caribbean Islands: Barbados (Taylor 1969), Caribbean (Berger et al. 2003).
South America: Brazil (Taylor 1930, Joly 1965, Falcão & Menezes de Széchy 2005).
Key references
Berger, S., Fettweiss, U., Gleissberg, S., Liddle, L.B., Richter, U., Sawitsky, H. & Zuccarello, G.C. (2003). 18S rDNA phylogeny and evaluation of cap development in Polyphysaceae (formerly Acetabulariaceae; Dasyladales, Chlorophyta). Phycologia 42: 506-561.
Dawes, C.J. & Mathieson, A.C. (2008). The seaweeds of Florida. pp. [i]- viii, [1]-591, [592], pls I-LI. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida.
NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
No sequences have been found on the NCBI site.
Created: 26 September 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 12 January 2008 by M.D. Guiry
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