Acanthococcus spinuliger (J.Agardh) J.Agardh
Publication details
Acanthococcus spinuliger (J.Agardh) J.Agardh 1851: 437
Original publication: Agardh, J.G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 1. pp. 337 [bis]-351 [bis] 352-506. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Acanthococcus is Acanthococcus antarcticus J.D.Hooker & Harvey.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Acanthococcus antarcticus J.D.Hooker & Harvey
Basionym
Cystoclonium spinuligerum J.Agardh
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Acanthococcus spinuliger (J.Agardh) J.Agardh)
South America: Falkland Islands (Kylin & Skottsberg 1919), Tierra del Fuego (Kylin & Skottsberg 1919).
Antarctic and the subantarctic islands: South Orkney Islands (Kylin & Skottsberg 1919).
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Acanthococcus&species=spinuliger
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=Acanthococcus&Species=spinuliger
Created: 29 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 28 August 2006 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 291 times since it was created.
Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=20038
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 18 June 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.
