Aphanochaete hystrix (Thwaites) Rabenhorst 1868
Publication Details
Aphanochaete hystrix (Thwaites) Rabenhorst 1868: 391
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Aphanochaete is Aphanochaete repens A.Braun.
Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Basionym
Ochlochaete hystrix Thwaites
Type Information
Type locality: on stems of grasses etc, in a lake of brackish water, called "The Little Sea" near Wareham, Dorset: Rev. W. Smith: also in freshwater ditches near Bristol, upon the leaves of mosses; very rare: Thwaites; (Index Nominum Algarum)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), porpucine-like, bristly or spiny (Neal 1993).
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 March 2013
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 March 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024
