Acrochaetium microscopicum (Nägeli ex Kützing) Nägeli

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Nemaliophycidae
Order Acrochaetiales
Family Acrochaetiaceae
Genus Acrochaetium

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Hawaii; scale 20 µm. 12 Aug 2011. J.M. Huisman. © J.M. Huisman. From: Huisman JM, Abbott IA, Smith CM (2007). Hawaiian reef plants. University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program, Honolulu. 264 p. Available from Seagrant, University of Hawai'i.

Hawaii; growing on Chaetomorpha; scale 20 µm. 12 Aug 2011. J.M. Huisman. © J.M. Huisman. From: Huisman JM, Abbott IA, Smith CM (2007). Hawaiian reef plants. University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program, Honolulu. 264 p. Available from Seagrant, University of Hawai'i.

Acrochaetium microscopicum (Nägeli ex Kützing) Nägeli Hawaii; growing on Chaetomorpha; scale 20 µm

Publication details
Acrochaetium microscopicum (Nägeli ex Kützing) Nägeli in Nägeli & Cramer 1858: 532, footnote

Original publication: Nägeli, C. & Cramer, C. (1858). Die Stärkekörner: Morphologische, physiologische, chemisch-physicalische und systematisch-botanische Monographie. Pflanzenphysiologische Untersuchungen. 2. Heft. pp. [i]-x, [1]-623, pls XI-XXVI. Zürich: bei Fredrich Schultness.
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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 microscopicum Nägeli ex Kützing

Type information
Type locality: Golfo di Napoli, Italy (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 99). Holotype: L 940, 285 ... 306 (Womersley 1994: 61). Notes: Athanasiadis (1996:18) and Womersley (1994: 61) cite Torquay, Devon, England as the type locality of this species. Woelkerling (1972: 86) notes that although Kuetzing (1849: 640) cited the Bay of Naples as the type locality, Hamel (1927; 1928) has indicated that the type collection came from Torquay, England and is represented by specimen 454 in Hauck and Richter's "Phykotheca Universalis". The type specimen in the Kuetzing collections at L contains only plants collected by Naegeli in England (identical to those distributed in Hauck and Richter) and none from the Bay of Naples.

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), microscopic (Stearn 1973).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Kylinia microscopica (Nägeli ex Kützing) Kylin
Callithamnion microscopicum Nägeli ex Kützing 1849
Chantransia microscopica (Nägeli ex Kützing) Ardissone & Strafforello 1877
Rhodochorton microscopicum (Naeg.) Drew 1928
Chromastrum microscopicum (Nägeli ex Kützing) Papenfuss 1945
Audouinella microscopica (Nägeli ex Kützing) Woelkerling 1971

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Chantransia trifila Buffham 1892
Acrochaetium trifilum (Buffham) Batters 1902
Chantransia crassipes Børgesen 1909
Acrochaetium crassipes (Børgesen) Børgesen 1915
Rhodochorton hirsutum K.M.Drew 1928
Acrochaetium compactum C.-C.Jao 1936
Kylinia crassipes (Børgesen) Kylin 1944
Kylinia hirsuta (K.M.Drew) Kylin 1944
Chromastrum hirsutum (K.M.Drew) Papenfuss 1945
Audouinella trifila (Buffham) P.S.Dixon 1976
Audouinella crassipes (Børgesen) Garbary 1979
Acrochaetium hirsutum (K.M.Drew) P.W.Gabrielson 2000

General environment
This is a marine species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Acrochaetium microscopicum (Nägeli ex Kützing) Nägeli)
Europe: Adriatic (Giaccone 1978, Ercegovic 1980), Baltic Sea (Nielsen et al. 1995), Britain (Hardy & Guiry 2003), France (Feldmann 1939, Anon. 2012), Greece (Tsirika & Haritonidis 2005), Ireland (Guiry 2012), Scandinavia (Athanasiadis 1996), Spain (Rodriguez Prieto & Polo Alberti 1988), Turkey (Europe) (Taskin et al. 2008).

Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Haroun et al. 2002, Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003, John et al. 2004, Anon 2011), Greenland (Pedersen 2011).

North America: California (Abbott & Hollenberg 1976, Miller 2012), Texas (Wynne 2009).

Caribbean Islands: Cuba (Suárez 2005), Hispaniola (Betancourt & Herrera-Moreno, 2001).

Western Atlantic: Trop. & Subtrop. W. Atlantic (Wynne 2011).

South America: Brazil (Villaca et al. 2010 , Creed et al. 2010), Colombia (Díaz-Pulido & Díaz-Ruíz 2003), Galápagos Islands (Ruiz & Ziemmeck 2011).

Africa: Ghana (John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003, John et al. 2004), Mauritania (John et al. 2004), Nigeria (John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003, John et al. 2004).

Indian Ocean Islands: Seychelles (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

South-west Asia: Oman (Wynne & Jupp 1998), Turkey (Asia) (Taskin et al. 2008).

Asia: China (Zeng 2009), Korea (Lee & Kang 2001, Lee 2008, Hwang & Kim 2011).

Australia and New Zealand: Australia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

Pacific Islands: French Polynesia (N'Yeurt & Payri 2010), Hawaiian Islands (Abbott 1999, Huisman, Abbott & Smith 2007).

(as Acrochaetium trifilum (Buffham) Batters)
Europe: Britain (Newton 1931, Hardy & Guiry 2003, Guiry 2012), France (Feldmann 1939, Feldmann 1954), Italy (Cinelli et al. 1976), Spain (Pérez-Ruzafa 1990).

North America: Virginia (Humm 1979).

Africa: Tunisia (Ben Maiz, Boudouresque & Quahchi 1987).

(as Acrochaetium crassipes (Børgesen) Børgesen)
Europe: Spain (Rodriguez Prieto & Polo Alberti 1988), Turkey (Europe) (Taskin et al. 2008).

Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Haroun et al. 2002, Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003, John et al. 2004, Anon 2011), Madeira (Levring 1974, Neto, Cravo & Haroun 2001, John et al. 2004), Salvage Islands (Audiffred & Weisscher 1984, John et al. 2004), Tristan da Cunha (Baardseth 1941).

Africa: Egypt (Aleem 1993), Madagascar (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Mauritius (Børgesen 1942, Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

Indian Ocean Islands: Seychelles (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

South-west Asia: Bangladesh (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), India (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Sahoo et al. 2001), Turkey (Asia) (Taskin et al. 2008).

Asia: Japan (Okamura 1936).

South-east Asia: Vietnam (Pham-Hoàng 1969).

(as Rhodochorton microscopicum (Naeg.) Drew)
North America: Gulf of California (Dawson 1944).

(as Acrochaetium compactum C.-C.Jao)
North America: Massachusetts (Jao 1936).

(as Kylinia crassipes (Børgesen) Kylin)
Atlantic Islands: Bermuda (Taylor 1960).

North America: Florida (Taylor 1960), Mexico (Dawson 1953), Texas (Taylor 1960).

Caribbean Islands: Hispaniola (Taylor 1960), Virgin Islands (Taylor 1960).

South America: Brazil (Joly 1965, Oliveira Filho 1977).

(as Chromastrum microscopicum (Nägeli ex Kützing) Papenfuss)
Atlantic Islands: E. Greenland (Pedersen 1976).

(as Audouinella microscopica (Nägeli ex Kützing) Woelkerling)
Ireland: Antrim (Morton 1994), Clare (De Valéra et al. 1979), Derry (Morton 1994), Down (Morton 1994).

Europe: Balearic Islands (Báez et al. 2005b), Britain (Dixon & Irvine 1977, Guiry 1997), France (Báez et al 2005a, Báez et al. 2005b, Dizerbo & Herpe 2007), Ireland (Dixon & Irvine 1977, Morton 1994), Italy (Furnari, Cormaci & Serio 1999, Furnari et al. 2003, Furnari et al. 2003, Furnari et al. 2003, Báez et al 2005a, Báez et al. 2005b), Sardinia (Furnari et al. 2003), Spain (Ballesteros & Romero 1982, Gallardo et al. 1985, Soto & Conde 1989, Ballesteros 1990, Conde et al. 1996, Báez et al 2005a, Báez et al. 2005b).

Atlantic Islands: Bermuda (Schneider & Searles 1998), Canary Islands (Viera-Rodriguez, Audiffred, Gil-Rodríguez, Prud'Homme Van Reine & Afonso-Carrillo 1987, Guadalupe et al. 1995).

North America: Alaska (Scagel et al. 1989), British Columbia (Scagel et al. 1989), California (Scagel et al. 1989), Florida (Schneider & Searles 1991), North Carolina (Schneider & Searles 1991), Washington (Scagel et al. 1989).

South America: Venezuela (Ganesan 1990).

Africa: Algeria (Báez et al. 2005b), Ghana (Price, John & Lawson 1986, Lawson & John 1987), Morocco (Báez et al 2005a, Báez et al. 2005b), Nigeria (Price, John & Lawson 1986, Lawson & John 1987), Tunisia (Báez et al. 2005b).

Asia: Japan (Yoshida, Nakajima & Nakata 1990, Yoshida 1998).

Australia and New Zealand: Lord Howe Island (Millar & Kraft 1993), New South Wales (Millar & Kraft 1993, Womersley 1994), Queensland (Lewis 1984, Phillips 1997, Phillips 2002, Bostock & Holland 2010), South Australia (Womersley 1994), Western Australia (Huisman & Walker 1990, Womersley 1994, Huisman & Borowitzka 2003).

Pacific Islands: Fiji (N'Yeurt, South & Keats 1996, South & Skelton 2003).

(as Audouinella trifila (Buffham) P.S.Dixon)
Europe: Balearic Islands (Báez et al. 2005b), Britain (Dixon & Irvine 1977), France (Báez et al 2005a, Báez et al. 2005b), Italy (Furnari et al. 2003, Furnari et al. 2003, Báez et al 2005a, Báez et al. 2005b, Serio et al 2006), Sardinia (Furnari et al. 2003), Spain (Ballesteros & Romero 1982, Ballesteros 1983, Pérez-Ruzafa & Honrubia 1984, Gallardo et al. 1985, Soto & Conde 1989, Ballesteros 1990, Conde et al. 1996, Báez et al 2005a, Báez et al. 2005b).

Africa: Algeria (Báez et al. 2005b), Morocco (Báez et al 2005a, Báez et al. 2005b), Tunisia (Báez et al 2005a, Báez et al. 2005b).

(as Audouinella crassipes (Børgesen) Garbary)
Europe: Balearic Islands (Rull Lluch, Gómez Garreta & Ribera Siguán 1987, Báez et al 2005a), France (Báez et al 2005a), Greece (Athanasiadis 1987), Italy (Furnari, Cormaci & Serio 1999, Furnari et al. 2003, Furnari et al. 2003, Furnari et al. 2003, Báez et al 2005a), Sardinia (Furnari et al. 2003), Spain (Ballesteros 1984, Gallardo et al. 1985, Rull Lluch & Gómez Garreta 1990, Ballesteros 1990, Rodríguez-Prieto & Polo, L. 1996, Rodriguez-Prieto et al. 1997, Rodriguez-Prieto & Polo Albertí 1998, Báez et al 2005a).

Atlantic Islands: Azores (Neto 1994), Canary Islands (Gil-Rodríguez & Afonso-Carrillo 1980, Price, John & Lawson 1986), Salvage Islands (Price, John & Lawson 1986).

Taxonomic notes
Placed in Acrochaetium by Nielsen et al. (1995).

Nomenclatural notes
Acrochaetium microscopicum (Nägeli) Nägeli 1861: 407 (Womersley 1994: 61). - (21 May 2009) - Wendy Guiry

Key references
Dawes, C.J. & Mathieson, A.C. (2008). The seaweeds of Florida. pp. [i]- viii, [1]-591, [592], pls I-LI. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida.

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).

Funk, G. (1955). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Meeresalgen von Neapel: Zugleich mikrophotographischer Atlas. Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli 25(Suppl.): i-x , 1- 178, 36 figs.

Garbary, D.J. (1987). The Acrochaetiaceae (Rhodophyta): an annotated bibliography. Bibliotheca Phycologica 77: 1-267, 2 tables.

Hollenberg, G.J. & Abbott, I.A. (1966). Supplement to Smith's marine algae of the Monterey Peninsula. pp. ix (xii), 1-130, 53 figs. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

Huisman, J.M., Abbott, I.A., Smith, C.M. (2007). Hawaiian reef plants. pp. [1]-264, numerous colour photographs. Honolulu: A publication of the University of Hawai'i Sea Grant College Program.

Hwang, I.-K. & Kim, H.-S. (2011). Algal flora of Korea. Volume 4, Number 2. Rhodophyta: Florideophyceae, Nemaliophycidae: Acrochaetiales, Colaconematales, Palmariales, Nemaliales. Nemalian red algae. pp. [1-6], 1-111, figs 1-66. Incheon: National Institute of Biological Resources.

Pedersen, P.M. (2011). Grønlands havalger. pp. [1] 7-208. Copenhagen: Forlaget Epsilon.DK.

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.

Womersley, H.B.S. (1994). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIIA - Bangiophyceae and Florideophyceae (Acrochaetiales, Nemaliales, Gelidiales, Hildenbrandiales and Gigartinales sensu lato). pp. 1-508, 167 figs, 4 pls, 4 maps. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study.

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

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=microscopicum

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 28 June 1996 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 26 March 2012 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1690 times since it was created.

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M.D. 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 26 May 2013.

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