Acetabularia schenckii K.Möbius
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Class Ulvophyceae
Order Dasycladales
Family Polyphysaceae
Genus Acetabularia
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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.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Acetabularia schenckii K.Möbius)
North America: Florida (Littler, Littler & Hanisak 2008, Collado-Vides et al. 2011), Texas (Wynne 2009).
Caribbean Islands: Caribbean (Littler & Littler 2000), Cuba (Suárez 2005).
Western Atlantic: Trop. & Subtrop. W. Atlantic (Wynne 2011).
South America: Brazil (Oliveira Filho 1977, Moura 2010), 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., Sawitzky, 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
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Acetabularia&species=schenckii
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=Acetabularia&Species=schenckii
Created: 26 September 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 12 January 2008 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 3199 times since it was created.
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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 23 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:71185
