Acrochaetium sparsum (Harvey) Nägeli
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Nemaliophycidae
Order Acrochaetiales
Family Acrochaetiaceae
Genus Acrochaetium
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Publication details
Acrochaetium sparsum (Harvey) Nägeli 1862: 405
Original publication: Dixon, P.S. & Irvine, L.M. (1977). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1. Rhodophyta. Part 1. Introduction, Nemaliales, Gigartinales. pp. [i]v-xi, [1]4-252, 90 figs. London: British Museum (Natural History).
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.
Basionym
Callithamnion sparsum Harvey
Type information
Type locality: Appin, Argyll, Scotland (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 116). Type: TCD (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 116).
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), sparse, scattered (Stearn 1973).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Callithamnion sparsum Harvey 1833
Thamnidium sparsum (Harvey) Kleen 1874
Rhodochorton sparsum (Harvey) Kjellman 1883
Audouinella sparsa (Harvey) P.S.Dixon 1976
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Point data for Ireland and Britain
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(as Acrochaetium sparsum (Harvey) Nägeli)
Europe: Britain (Newton 1931, Hardy & Guiry 2003), Ireland (Guiry 2012), Scandinavia (Athanasiadis 1996), Spain (Valenzuela Miranda 2002, Bárbara et al. 2005).
(as Audouinella sparsa (Harvey) P.S.Dixon)
Ireland: Antrim (Morton 1994), Clare (Guiry 1978), Down (Morton 1994).
Europe: Britain (Dixon & Irvine 1977, Guiry 1997), Ireland (Dixon & Irvine 1977, Guiry 1978, Morton 1994), Spain (Bárbara & Cremades 1996).
North America: Washington (Scagel et al. 1989).
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Acrochaetium&species=sparsum
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=Acrochaetium&Species=sparsum
Created: 16 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 26 April 2012 by Michael Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 694 times since it was created.
Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=367
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 22 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77153
