Acrochaetium amphiroae (K.M.Drew) Papenfuss 1945
Publication Details
Acrochaetium amphiroae (K.M.Drew) Papenfuss 1945: 312
Published in: Papenfuss, G.F. (1945). Review of the Acrochaetium-Rhodochorton complex of the red algae. University of California Publications in Botany 18: 229-334.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Acrochaetium is Acrochaetium secundatum (Lyngbye) Nägeli.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Colaconema amphiroae (K.M.Drew) P.W.Gabrielson.
Source of Synonymy
Gabrielson, P.W., Widdowson, T.B., Lindstrom, S.C., Hawkes, M.W. & Scagel, R.F. (2000). Keys to the benthic marine algae and seagrasses of British Columbia, Southeast Alaska, Washington and Oregon Phycological Contribution No. 5. pp. [i]-iv, 1-189. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Department of Botany.
Basionym
Rhodochorton amphiroae K.M.Drew
Type Information
Type locality: White' Point, San Pedro, California; (Drew 1928: 179) Holotype: Gardner, no. 1928; February; hosts: two forms of Amphiroa tuberculosa; UC ; 276411 (Drew 1928: 179) Notes: Isotype in AHF (sheet 8792); see Dawson (1953: 27).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 August 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 May 2025
