Actinocyclus spiritus T.P.Watkins

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 spiritus T.P.Watkins 1986: 310, figs 17-23

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.

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

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Actinocyclus spiritus T.P.Watkins)
Antarctic and the subantarctic islands: Antarctica/Subantarctic Islands (Scott & Thomas 2005).

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

Key references
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=spiritus

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=spiritus

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 26 April 2003 by Mairead Murphy

Verified by: 22 June 2005 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 219 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=59719

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 19 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:79445