Acetabularia wettsteinii Schussnig

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Class Ulvophyceae
Order Dasycladales
Family Polyphysaceae
Genus Acetabularia

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Publication details
Acetabularia wettsteinii Schussnig 1930: 338, figs. 1-4

Original publication: Schussnig, B. (1930). Phykologische Beiträge III. Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 79: 333-339, 4 figs.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Acetabularia is Acetabularia acetabulum (Linnaeus) P.C.Silva.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Parvocaulis parvulus (Solms-Laubach) S.Berger, U.Fettweiss, S.Gleissberg, L.B.Liddle, U.Richter, H.Sawitzky & G.C.Zuccarello

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Type locality: Gulf of Salerno, Italy (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 893).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Acetabularia wettsteinii Schussnig)
South-west Asia: Israel (Einav 2007).

Source of synonymy
Berger, S., Fettweiss, U., Gleissberg, S., Liddle, L.B., Richter, U., Sawitzky, H. & Zuccarello, G.C. (2003). 18S rDNA phylogeny and evaluation of cap development in Polyphysaceae (formerly Acetabulariaceae; Dasyladales, Chlorophyta). Phycologia 42: 506-561.

Key references
Silva, P.C., Basson, P.W. & Moe, R.L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: 1-1259.

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

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=Acetabularia&Species=wettsteinii

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 22 July 2002 by Sandy Lawson

Verified by: 23 June 2010 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 818 times since it was created.

References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Godward, M.B.E., Beth, K. & Pacey, J. (1979). Nuclear division in the cyst, and white spot nuclei preceding cyst formation, in Acetabularia wettsteinii. Protoplasma 101: 37-46.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=53730

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 20 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.