Acanthoica maxima Heimdal

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Haptophyta
Class Coccolithophyceae
Subclass Prymnesiophycidae
Order Syracosphaerales
Family Rhabdosphaeraceae
Genus Acanthoica

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Publication details
Acanthoica maxima Heimdal 1981: 39, pl. 1, figs 1, 2

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Acanthoica is Acanthoica coronata Lohmann.

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

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), largest.

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

Source of synonymy
Jordan, R.W., Cros, L. & Young, J.R. (2005). A revised classification scheme for living haptophytes. Micropaleontology 50(Suppl. 1): 55-79.

Key references
Heimdal, B.R. (1996). Modern coccolithophorids. In: Identifying marine phytoplankton. (Tomas, C.R. Eds), pp. 731-834. San Diego: Academic Press.

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

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=Acanthoica&Species=maxima

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 03 September 2003 by Elizabeth Moran

Verified by: 15 June 2005 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 254 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=61451

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:40704