Acrothrix gracilis Kylin

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Ectocarpales
Family Chordariaceae
Genus Acrothrix

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Publication details
Acrothrix gracilis Kylin 1907: 93, figs 22, 23; pl. 2

Original publication: Kylin, H. (1907). Studien über die Algenflora der schwedischen Westküste. Akademische Abhandlung. pp. [i-iii]-iv, 1-287, 7 pls. Uppsala: K.W. Appelbergs Buchdruckeri.

Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Acrothrix.

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

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), thin, slender (Stearn 1973).

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Acrothrix novae-angliae W.R.Taylor 1928
Acrothrix norvegica Levring 1937

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Type locality: Sweden

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Acrothrix gracilis Kylin)
Ireland: Clare (Casley 1974, De Valéra et al. 1979), Down (Morton 1994), Galway (Casley 1974), Mayo (Cotton 1912, Guiry 1978), Wexford (Norton 1970, Guiry 1978).

Europe: Baltic Sea (Nielsen et al. 1995), Britain (Hardy & Guiry 2003), Faroe Islands (Nielsen & Gunnarsson 2001), France (Verlaque 2001, Anon. 2012), Ireland (Cotton 1912, Casley 1974, Guiry 1978, De Valéra et al. 1979, Morton 1994, Guiry 2012), Norway (Rueness 1997), Scandinavia (Athanasiadis 1996), Sweden (Kylin 1907, Kylin 1947).

North America: Alaska (Wynne 1987, Scagel et al. 1989).

South-west Asia: Turkey (Asia) (Taskin et al. 2008).

Asia: Japan (Yoshida, Nakajima & Nakata 1990, Yoshida 1998).

(as Acrothrix novae-angliae W.R.Taylor)
North America: Massachusetts (Taylor 1957), New Jersey (Taylor 1957).

(as Acrothrix norvegica Levring)
Europe: Ireland (Casley 1974).

Key references
Cormaci, M., Furnari, G., Catra, M., Alongi, G. & Giaccone, G. (2012). Flora marina bentonica del Mediterraneo: Phaeophyceae. Bollettino dell'Accademia Gioenia 45: 1-508.

Forward, S.G. & South, G.R. (1985). Observations on the taxonomy and life history of North Atlantic Acrothrix Kylin (Phaeophyceae, Chordariales). Phycologia 24: 347-359.

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

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=Acrothrix&Species=gracilis

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 09 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 26 June 2012 by Michael Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1229 times since it was created.

References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Ajisaka, T. & Kawai, H. (1986). The life history of Acrothrix gracilis Kylin (Phaeophyceae, Chondariales) in Japan. Japanese Journal of Phycology 34: 129-136.
Casley, B. (1974). Acrothrix gracilis Kylin on the Galway and Clare coasts. Irish Naturalists' Journal 18: 20 only.
Kawai, H. (1983). Morphological observations on Acrothrix gracilis Kylin (Chordariales, Phaeophyta) newly found in Japan. Japanese Journal of Phycology 31: 167-172.

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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 19 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77199