Batrachospermum australicum Kützing ex Entwisle & Foard
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Nemaliophycidae
Order Batrachospermales
Family Batrachospermaceae
Genus Batrachospermum
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Publication details
Batrachospermum australicum Kützing ex Entwisle & Foard 1999: 624, fig. 5
Original publication: Enwisle, T.J. & Foard, H.J. (1999). Batrachospermum (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta) in Australia and New Zealand: new taxa and records in sections Contorta and Hybrida. Australian Systematic Botany 12(4): 615-633.
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Batrachospermum is Batrachospermum gelatinosum (Linnaeus) De Candolle.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Kumanoa australica (Entwisle & Foard) Entwisle, M.L.Vis, W.B.Chiasson, Necchi & A.R.Sherwood
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), Pertaining to Australia.
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a freshwater species.
Source of synonymy
Entwisle, T.J., Vis, M.L., Chiasson, W.B., Necchi Jr., O. & Sherwood, A.R. (2009). Systematics of the Batrachospermales (Rhodophyta) - a synthesis. Journal of Phycology 45(3): 704-715, 2 figs, 1 table.
Key references
Entwisle, T.J. & Foard, H.J. (2007). Batrachospermales. In: Algae of Australia Batrachospermales, Thoreales, Oedogoniales and Zygnemaceae. (Entwisle, T.J., Skinner, S., Lewis, S.H. & Foard, H.J. Eds), pp. 1-25. Canberra & Melbourne: Australian Biological Resources Study & CSIRO Publishing.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Batrachospermum&species=australicum
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=Batrachospermum&Species=australicum
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 12 June 2012 by Michael Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 360 times since it was created.
Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=32447
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:109445
