Actinoptychus splendens (Shadbolt) Ralfs ex Pritchard

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Bacillariophyceae
Subclass Coscinodiscophycidae
Superorder Coscinodiscanae
Order Coscinodiscales
Family Heliopeltaceae
Genus Actinoptychus

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(16 sectors)__400x _Diam. 111 µm __Oamaru, New Zealand. 13 Sep 2011. Robert Lavigne. © Robert Lavigne (MicroscopyView.com).

(12 sectors)__400x _Diam. 65 µm __Oamaru, New Zealand. 13 Sep 2011. Robert Lavigne. © Robert Lavigne (MicroscopyView.com).

(14 sectors)__400x _Diam. 92 µm __Oamaru, New Zealand. 13 Sep 2011. Robert Lavigne. © Robert Lavigne (MicroscopyView.com).

Actinoptychus splendens (Shadbolt) Ralfs ex Pritchard (16 sectors)__400x _Diam. 111 µm __Oamaru, New Zealand

Publication details
Actinoptychus splendens (Shadbolt) Ralfs ex Pritchard 1861: p. 840

Original publication: Pritchard, A. (1861). A history of infusoria, including the Desmidiaceae and Diatomaceae, British and foreign. Fourth edition enlarged and revised by J. T. Arlidge, M.B., B.A. Lond.; W. Archer, Esq.; J. Ralfs, M.R.C.S.L. ; W. C. Williamson, Esq., F.R.S., and the author. pp. i-xii, 1- 968, 40 pls. London: Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria Lane.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Actinoptychus is Actinoptychus senarius (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg.

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

Basionym
Actinophaenia splendens Shadbolt

Origin of species name
Participle B (Latin), splendid, shining, gleaming, brilliant (Stearn 1973).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Actinophaenia splendens Shadbolt 1854

General environment
This is a marine species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Actinoptychus splendens (Shadbolt) Ralfs ex Pritchard)
Europe: France (Méléder et al. 2007 ), Spain (Varela 1982).

Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003, Anon 2011).

South America: Brazil (Eskinazi-Leça et al. 2010).

Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Harper et al. 2012).

Key references
Hendey, N.I. (1974). A revised check-list of the British marine diatoms. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 54: 277-300.

Hoppenrath, M., Elbrächter, M. & Drebes, G. (2009). Marine phytoplankton Selected microphytoplankton species from the North Sea around Helgoland and Sylt. pp. [1]-264, figs 1-87. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung.

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

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=Actinoptychus&Species=splendens

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 26 July 2011 by Robert Lavigne

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1713 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=37268

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Robert Lavigne in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:83922