Acanthophora ramulosa Lindenberg ex Kützing
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Ceramiales
Family Rhodomelaceae
Tribe Chondrieae
Genus Acanthophora
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Publication details
Acanthophora ramulosa Lindenberg ex Kützing 1843
Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Acanthophora is Acanthophora thierryi J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Acanthophora muscoides var. ramosissima Sonder
Chondria ramosissima Lindenberg
Chondria ramulosa Lindenberg 1839
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Type information
Type locality: Angola (de Jong, Hitipeuw & Prud'Homme van Reine 1999: 136). Holotype: L 939.6-14 (de Jong, Hitipeuw & Prud'Homme van Reine 1999: 136). Notes: Isotypes in HBG and C.
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Chondria ramulosa Lindenberg)
Africa: Angola (Perrone et al 2006).
(as Acanthophora ramulosa Lindenberg ex Kützing)
Western Atlantic: Trop. & Subtrop. W. Atlantic (Wynne 2011).
Africa: Angola (Price, John & Lawson 1986, de Jong, Hitipeuw & Prud'Homme van Reine 1999, John et al. 2004, Perrone et al 2006), São Tomé & Príncipe (Price, John & Lawson 1986, John et al. 2004).
Nomenclatural notes
Key references
Jong, Y.S.D.M. de, Hitipeuw, C. & Prud'Homme van Reine, W.F. (1999). A taxonomic, phylogenetic and biogeographic study of the genus Acanthophora (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta). Blumea 44: 217-249.
Jong, Y.S.D.M. de, Hitipeuw, C. & Prud'Homme van Reine, W.F. (1999). A taxonomic, phylogenetic and biogeographic study of the genus Acanthophora (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta). Blumea 44: 217-249.
Perrone, C., Cecere, E. & Furnari, G. (2006). Growth pattern assessment in the genus Acanthophora (Rhodophyta, Ceramiales). Phycologia 45: 37-43.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Acanthophora&species=ramulosa
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=Acanthophora&Species=ramulosa
Created: 11 February 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 03 April 2006 by Wendy Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 523 times since it was created.
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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 23 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:86549
