Actinocyclus curvatulus Janisch

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

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Publication details
Actinocyclus curvatulus Janisch 1874: pl. 57: fig. 31

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Actinocyclus is Actinocyclus octonarius Ehrenberg.

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Coscinodiscus curvatulus var. subocellatus Grunow 1884
Actinocyclus subocellatus (Grunow) Rattray 1890

General environment
This is a marine species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Actinocyclus curvatulus Janisch)
South America: Brazil (Eskinazi-Leça et al. 2010).

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

Antarctic and the subantarctic islands: Antarctica/Subantarctic Islands (Scott & Thomas 2005).

Key references
Hasle, G.R. & Syvertsen, E.E. (1996). Marine diatoms. In: Identifying Marine Phytoplankton. (Tomas, C.R. Eds), pp. 5-385. San Diego: Academic Press.

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.

Scott, F.J. & Thomas, D.P. (2005). Diatoms. In: Antarctic marine protists. (Scott, F.J. & Marchant, H.J. Eds), pp. 13-201. Canberra & Hobart: Australian Biological Resources Study; Australian Antarctic Division.

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

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=Actinocyclus&Species=curvatulus

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 26 April 2003 by Mairead Murphy

Verified by: 16 July 2009 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1307 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=59715

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 24 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:79447