Colaconema comptum (Børgesen) I.-K.Hwang & H.-S.Kim

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Nemaliophycidae
Order Colaconematales
Family Colaconemataceae
Genus Colaconema

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Publication details
Colaconema comptum (Børgesen) I.-K.Hwang & H.-S.Kim 2011: 44

Original publication: Hwang, I.-K. & Kim, H.-S. (2011). Algal flora of Korea. Volume 4, Number 2. Rhodophyta: Florideophyceae, Nemaliophycidae: Acrochaetiales, Colaconematales, Palmariales, Nemaliales. Nemalian red algae. pp. [1-6], 1-111, figs 1-66. Incheon: National Institute of Biological Resources.

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Colaconema is Colaconema bonnemaisoniae Batters.

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

Basionym
Acrochaetium comptum Børgesen

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), adorned, ornamented, with a headdress (Neal 1993).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Acrochaetium comptum Børgesen 1915
Chantransia compta (Børgesen) De Toni 1924
Audouinella compta (Borgesen) Garbary 1979

General environment
This is a marine species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Acrochaetium comptum Børgesen)
Caribbean Islands: Virgin Islands (Taylor 1960).

Western Atlantic: Trop. & Subtrop. W. Atlantic (Wynne 2011).

South America: Brazil (Oliveira Filho 1977).

(as Colaconema comptum (Børgesen) I.-K.Hwang & H.-S.Kim)
Asia: Korea (Hwang & Kim 2011).

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

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=Colaconema&Species=comptum

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 08 February 2012 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 09 February 2012 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 118 times since it was created.

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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 19 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:107595