Chantransia tenella Skuja 1935
Publication Details
Chantransia tenella Skuja 1935: 177, 179, figs 1, 2
Published in: Skuja, H. (1935). Untersuchungen über die Rhodophyceen des Süßwassers. IV. Zwei neue Chantransia-Arten. V. Nothocladus, eine neue Gattung der Batrachospermaceen. VI. Nemalionopsis Shawi, eine neue Gattung und Art der Helminthocladiaceen. Beihefte zum Botanische Centralblatt 52B: 173-192, 4 figs.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chantransia is Chantransia nigricans De Candolle.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Audouinella tenella (Skuja) Papenfuss.
Type Information
Type locality: "Vereinigte Staaten, Kalifornien, Mt. Tamalpais, Mariubo, an submersen Felsen" [California, USA]; (Skuja 1935: 177) Isotype: N.L. Gardner No. 3309; May 1916; UC; 395493 (Skuja 1935: 177)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), delicate (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 20 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 15 April 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024