Acrochaetium alcyonidii C.-C.Jao

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Nemaliophycidae
Order Acrochaetiales
Family Acrochaetiaceae
Genus Acrochaetium

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Publication details
Acrochaetium alcyonidii C.-C.Jao 1936: 245, pl. 12: figs 2-4

Original publication: Jao, C.-C. (1936). New Rhodophyceae from Woods Hole. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 63: 237-257, pls 10-13.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Acrochaetium is Acrochaetium secundatum (Lyngbye) Nägeli.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Colaconema daviesii (Dillwyn) Stegenga

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

General environment
This is a Marine species.

Type information
Type locality: Sheep Pen Harbor (washed ashore) (Jao 1936: 245). Type: 1 September 1934; On Alcyonidium mytili Dalyell, washed ashore. MICH (Jao 1936: 245). Notes: Type in C.-C. Jao collections and Herb. Univ. Mich., Woods Hole No.279.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Acrochaetium alcyonidii C.-C.Jao)
North America: Massachusetts (Jao 1936, Taylor 1957), Virginia (Humm 1979).

Taxonomic notes
According to Garbary (1987) this is a currently accepted name.

Source of synonymy
Woelkerling, W.J. (1973). The morphology and systematics of the Audouinella complex (Acrochaetiaceae, Rhodophyta) in northeastern United States. Rhodora 75: 529-621, 83 figs.

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

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=Acrochaetium&Species=alcyonidii

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 16 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 09 February 2013 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 300 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=13333

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:115346