Elachista stellaris Areschoug

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Ectocarpales
Family Chordariaceae
Genus Elachista

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Publication details
Elachista stellaris Areschoug 1842: 233

Original publication: Areschoug, J.E. (1842). Algarum (phycearum) minus rite cognitarum pugillus primus. Linnaea 16: 225-236.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Elachista is Elachista scutellata Duby.

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

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), stellate, with narrow divisions radiating from the center like the rays of a star (Stearn 1973).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Areschougia stellaris (Areschoug) Meneghini 1844
Phycophila stellaris (Areschoug) Kützing 1845
Symphoricoccus stellaris (Areschoug) Kuckuck 1929

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Symphoricoccus radians Reinke 1888
Elachista fracta H.Gran 1893

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Type locality: “In sinu Codano, ad littora Bahusiensia” (Athanasiadis 1996: 153). Type: on Polysiphonia elongata. S

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Elachista stellaris Areschoug)
Europe: Baltic Sea (Nielsen et al. 1995), Britain (Newton 1931, Fletcher 1987, Hardy & Guiry 2003), France (Augier, Boudouresque & Laborel 1971, Ribera et al. 1992, Verlaque 2001, Dizerbo & Herpe 2007, Anon. 2012), Ireland (Guiry 2012), Italy (Ribera et al. 1992, Ribera et al. 1992, Furnari, Cormaci & Serio 1999, Rindi, Sartoni & Cinelli 2002, Serio et al 2006), Malta (Cormaci et al. 1997), Netherlands (Stegenga & Mol 1983), Norway (Rueness 1997), Sardinia (Ribera et al. 1992), Scandinavia (Athanasiadis 1996), Spitsbergen (Vinogradova 1995), Sweden (Kylin 1907), 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).

South-west Asia: Turkey (Asia) (Taskin et al. 2008 ).

(as Areschougia stellaris (Areschoug) Meneghini)
Europe: Sweden (Kylin 1947).

(as Symphoricoccus stellaris (Areschoug) Kuckuck)
Europe: Spain (Ballesteros 1989).

North America: Massachusetts (Taylor 1957), New Jersey (Taylor 1957).

Nomenclatural notes
Stegenga & Mol (1983: 92) cite this species as Elachista stellaris Areschoug. John et al. (2004) cite the authority for this species as (Aresch.) Kuck.

Key references
Cormaci, M., Furnari, G., Catra, M., Alongi, G. & Giaccone, G. (2012). Flora marina bentonica del Mediterraneo: Phaeophyceae. Bollettino dell'Accademia Gioenia 45: 1-508.

Fletcher, R.L. (1987). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Vol. 3. Fucophyceae (Phaeophyceae). Part 1. pp. [i]-x, [1]-359, 90 figs, 15 pls. London: British Museum (Natural History).

Serio, D., Alongi, G., Catra, M., Cormaci, M. & Furnari, G. (2006). Changes in the benthic algal flora of Linosa Island (Straits of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea). Botanica Marina 49: 135-144.

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

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=Elachista&Species=stellaris

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

KU-MACC Cultures
Strain Numbers: KU-1113, KU-1198, Elachista stellaris
Go to KU-MACC Site

Created: 06 August 1996 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 26 June 2012 by Michael Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 668 times since it was created.

References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Müller, D.G. & Schmidt, U.U. (1988). Culture studies on the life history of Elachista stellaris Aresch. (Phaeophyceae, Chordariales). British Phycological Journal 23: 153-158.
Wanders, J.B.W., van den Hoek, C. & Schillern-Van Nes, E.N. (1972). Observations on the life-history of Elachista stellaris (Phaeophyceae) in culture. Nether. J. Sea Res. 5: 458-491.

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Michael Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:76630