Rhodochorton virgatulum (Harvey) K.M.Drew
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Nemaliophycidae
Order Acrochaetiales
Family Acrochaetiaceae
Genus Rhodochorton
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Publication details
Rhodochorton virgatulum (Harvey) K.M.Drew 1928: 151
Original publication: Drew, K.M. (1928). A revision of the genera Chantransia, Rhodocorton and Acrochaetium with descriptions of the marine species of Rhodochorton (Naeg.) gen. emend. on the Pacific coast of North America. University of California Publications in Botany 14: 139-224, Plates 37-48.
Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Rhodochorton is Rhodochorton rothii (Turton) Nägeli.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Acrochaetium virgatulum (Harvey) Batters
Basionym
Callithamnion virgatulum Harvey
Type information
Type locality: Devonshire, England (Harvey 1833: 349). Type: On Ceramium rubrum. TCD
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Key references
Garbary, D.J. (1987). The Acrochaetiaceae (Rhodophyta): an annotated bibliography. Bibliotheca Phycologica 77: 1-267, 2 tables.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Rhodochorton&species=virgatulum
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=Rhodochorton&Species=virgatulum
Created: 03 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi
Verified by: 29 May 2012 by Michael Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 237 times since it was created.
Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=22687
Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Michael 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 26 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:109150
