Acrochaetium subsimplex Levring 1953

Publication Details
Acrochaetium subsimplex Levring 1953: 473, figs 10A-D, 11

Published in: Levring, T. (1953). The marine algae of Australia. I. Rhodophyta: Goniotrichales, Bangiales and Nemalionales. Arkiv för Botanik, series 2 2(6): 457-530, 55 figs.

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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 of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: Australia: N.E. Tasmania; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), somewhat simple (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 26 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 21 November 2015

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Taxonomic note
Accepted name (Garbary, 1987: 180). According to Woelkerling (1971: 51) this is a synonym of Colaconema tenuissima (Collins) Woelkerling 1971. Woelkerling & Womersley in Womersley (1994: 48) cite both these species and Audouinella tenuissima (Collins) Garbary 1987, and Acrochaetium secundatum (Lyngbe) Nageli 1861 as synonyms of Audouinella secundata (Lyngbe) Dixon in Parke & Dixon 1976. According to Silva et al. (1996: 101) Acrochaetium tenuissima (Collins) Papenfuss is a synonym of Acrochaetium secundatun (Lyngbe) Nageli. - (28 July 2014) - G.M. Guiry