Acetabularia schenckii K.Möbius
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Viridaeplantae
Phylum Chlorophycophyta
Class Ulvophyceae
Order Dasycladales
Family Polyphysaceae
Genus Acetabularia
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Cap. Photo-Atlas of living Dasycladales. Sigrid Berger. © 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 name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Infrageneric classification
Subgenus Acicularia
Eponomy
Named for H. schenck, a German phycologist.
Homotypic 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.
SAG Cultures
No records have been found on the SAG site.
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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