Acanthococcus acicularis (J.Agardh) J.Agardh

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Gigartinales
Family Cystocloniaceae
Genus Acanthococcus

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Publication details
Acanthococcus acicularis (J.Agardh) J.Agardh 1852: 436

Original publication: Agardh, J.G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 1. pp. 337 [bis]-351 [bis] 352-506. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Acanthococcus is Acanthococcus antarcticus J.D.Hooker & Harvey.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Mychodea aciculare (J.Agardh) Kraft

Basionym
Cystoclonium aciculare J.Agardh

Type information
Type locality: “Occid. Nov. Holl.” (Kraft & Womersley 1994: 462). Lectotype: Herb. Agardh, LD 33993 (Kraft & Womersley 1994: 462).

Origin of species name
Adjective B (Latin), acicular, i.e., narrow, stiff, pointed like a needle (Stearn 1973).

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

General environment
This is a marine species.

Source of synonymy
Kraft, G.T. & Womersley, H.B.S. (1994). Family Mychodeaceae Kylin 1932: 62. In: The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Rhodophyta - Part IIIA. (Womersley, H.B.S. Eds), pp. 450-470. Canberra:

Key references
Kraft, G.T. (1978). Studies of marine algae in the lesser-known families of the Gigartinales (Rhodophyta). III. The Mychodeaceae and Mychodeophyllaceae. Australian Journal of Botany 26: 515-610, 46 figs.

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

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=Acanthococcus&Species=acicularis

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 26 May 2003 by Wendy Guiry

Verified by: 30 July 2009 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 267 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=60184

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 26 May 2013.

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