Actinoptychus pulchellus var. tenera E.Grove & G.Sturt 1887

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Bacillariophyta
Subphylum Coscinodiscophytina
Class Coscinodiscophyceae
Subclass Coscinodiscophycidae
Order Coscinodiscales
Family Heliopeltaceae
Genus Actinoptychus

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Publication details
Actinoptychus pulchellus var. tenera E.Grove & G.Sturt 1887: 14, pl. XIII

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Actinoptychus is Actinoptychus senarius (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg.

Type information
Type locality: Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand [fossil] (Index Nominum Algarum). Holotype: Grove collection, BM Adams G.638 (Sims & Chambers 2002: 206).

Fossil
Described as a fossil.

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), beautiful and little (Stearn 1973).

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

General environment
No habitat entry has yet been made for this entity.

No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.

Source of current name
Silva, P.C. (1996-to date). Index Nominum Algarum, University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/INA.html. Updated continuously. ..

Key references
Sims, P.A. & Chambers, P.M. (2002). The fossil marine genus Rhaphidophora Long, Fuge & Smith. Diatom Research 17(1): 205-217.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 24 May 2018 by G.M. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 September 2021.