Acrochaetium brebneri (Batters) G.Hamel
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 brebneri (Batters) G.Hamel 1928: 185
Original publication: Hamel, G. (1928). Sur les genres Acrochaetium Naeg. et Rhodochorton Naeg.. Revue Algologique 3: 159-210.
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
Rhodochorton brebneri Batters
Type information
Type locality: Rennie Rocks, Plymouth, Devon, England (Yoo & Lee 1979: 83). Lectotype: BM Slide 10066 (Yoo & Lee 1979: 83).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Rhodochorton brebneri Batters 1897
Chantransia brebneri (Batters) Rosenvinge 1909
Audouinella brebneri (Batters) 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 Rhodochorton brebneri Batters)
Europe: Britain (Newton 1931).
(as Acrochaetium brebneri (Batters) G.Hamel)
Europe: Britain (Hardy & Guiry 2003, Guiry 2012).
Africa: South Africa (Stegenga, Bolton & Anderson 1997).
(as Audouinella brebneri (Batters) P.S.Dixon)
Europe: Britain (Dixon & Irvine 1977, Guiry 1997).
Taxonomic notes
Known only from the type material from Plymouth, England. May represent in situ carpospore development of the basiphyte Gloiosiphonia capillaris (Dixon & Irvine, 1977: 84; South & Tittley 1986: 34).
Key references
Batters, E.A.L. (1897). New or critical British marine algae. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 35: 433-440.
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).
Garbary, D.J. (1987). The Acrochaetiaceae (Rhodophyta): an annotated bibliography. Bibliotheca Phycologica 77: 1-267, 2 tables.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Acrochaetium&species=brebneri
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=brebneri
Created: 28 June 1996 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 23 September 2004 by M.D. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:76992
