Acrochaetium savianum (Meneghini) Nägeli
Publication details
Acrochaetium savianum (Meneghini) Nägeli 1862: 405, 414
Original publication: Nägeli, C. (1862 '1861'). Beiträge zur morphologie und systematik der Ceramiaceae. Sitzungsberichte der Königlichen Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 1861(2): 297-415, 30 figs, 1 pl.
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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 savianum Meneghini
Type information
Type locality: In portu Genuae [Genoa, Italy] (Athanasiadis 1996: 23). Type: on Zostera . FL Notes: According to Womersley (1994: 47) the holotype was collected at Cherbourg, France and is located in PC.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Callithamnion savianum Meneghini 1840
Chantransia saviana (Meneghini) J.Agardh 1883
Audouinella saviana (Meneghini) Woelkerling 1973
Colaconema savianum (Meneghini) R.Nielsen 1994
Colaconema savianum (Meneghini) L.P.Perestenko 1996
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Callithamnion affine Kützing 1843
Callithamnion pygmaeum Kützing 1849
Acrochaetium intermedium C.-C.Jao 1936
Acrochaetium bornetii Papenfuss 1945
Acrochaetium zosterae Papenfuss 1945
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Point data for Ireland and Britain
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(as Callithamnion savianum Meneghini)
Europe: Italy (Garbary 1987).
(as Acrochaetium savianum (Meneghini) Nägeli)
Europe: Adriatic (Giaccone 1978), Britain (Hardy & Guiry 2003), Bulgaria (Dimitrova-Konaklieva 1981), France (Feldmann 1939, Augier, Boudouresque & Laborel 1971, Verlaque 2001, Anon. 2012), Ireland (Guiry 2012), Italy (Giaccone 1969), Netherlands (Stegenga & Mol 1983), Portugal (Ardré 1970), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Rodriguez Prieto & Polo Alberti 1988, Bárbara et al. 2005, Cires Rodriguez & Cuesta Moliner 2010), 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 (John et al. 2004).
North America: California (Miller 2012), Florida (Littler, Littler & Hanisak 2008).
Caribbean Islands: Cuba (Suárez 2005).
Western Atlantic: Trop. & Subtrop. W. Atlantic (Wynne 2011).
South America: Brazil (Taylor 1930 
, Creed et al. 2010).
Africa: Cameroon (John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003, John et al. 2004), Gabon (John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003, John et al. 2004), Mauritania (John et al. 2004), Mauritius (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Tunisia (Meñez & Mathieson 1981, Ben Maiz, Boudouresque & Quahchi 1987).
South-west Asia: Saudi Arabia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Sri Lanka (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Turkey (Asia) (Taskin et al. 2008).
Australia and New Zealand: Australia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).
Pacific Islands: Fiji (N'Yeurt, South & Keats 1996).
(as Chantransia saviana (Meneghini) J.Agardh)
Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Price, John & Lawson 1986).
(as Acrochaetium intermedium C.-C.Jao)
North America: Massachusetts (Jao 1936, Taylor 1957).
(as Acrochaetium bornetii Papenfuss)
Atlantic Islands: Bermuda (Taylor 1960).
North America: Mexico (Dawson 1953), North Carolina (Taylor 1960).
(as Acrochaetium zosterae Papenfuss)
North America: Massachusetts (Taylor 1957).
(as Audouinella saviana (Meneghini) Woelkerling)
Europe: Britain (Guiry 1997), France (Báez et al 2005a, Dizerbo & Herpe 2007), 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 (Soto & Conde 1989, Conde et al. 1996, Báez et al 2005a).
Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Price, John & Lawson 1986).
Africa: Algeria (Báez et al 2005a), Cameroon (Price, John & Lawson 1986, Lawson & John 1987), Gabon (Price, John & Lawson 1986, Lawson & John 1987), Morocco (Báez et al 2005a), Tunisia (Báez et al 2005a).
South-west Asia: Iran (Sohrabipour & Rabii 1999).
Australia and New Zealand: Houtman Abrolhos (Huisman 1997), New South Wales (Millar & Kraft 1993), Queensland (Lewis 1984, Phillips 1997, Phillips 2002, Bostock & Holland 2010), South Australia (Womersley 1994), Western Australia (Womersley 1994, Huisman & Borowitzka 2003).
Pacific Islands: Fiji (South & Skelton 2003).
(as Colaconema savianum (Meneghini) R.Nielsen)
Europe: Baltic Sea (Nielsen et al. 1995), Scandinavia (Athanasiadis 1996).
Atlantic Islands: Madeira (Neto, Cravo & Haroun 2001).
Asia: Russia (Perestenko 1994).
Taxonomic notes
Further studies of the generic status is required (M.D. Guiry, 23 February, 2003).
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.
Garbary, D.J. (1987). The Acrochaetiaceae (Rhodophyta): an annotated bibliography. Bibliotheca Phycologica 77: 1-267, 2 tables.
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.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Acrochaetium&species=savianum
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=savianum
Created: 29 July 1996 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 19 May 2012 by Michael Guiry
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Michael Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
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Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:76907
