Chantransia lorrain-smithiae Lyle 1920
Publication details
Chantransia lorrain-smithiae Lyle 1920: 13, fig. 1a-d (as 'Lorrain-Smithiae' )
Published in: Lyle, L. (1920). The marine algae of Guernsey. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 58(Supplement): 1-53.
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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 Acrochaetium lorrain-smithiae (Lyle) L.Newton
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a freshwater species.
Type information
Type locality: Guernsey, Channel Islands (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 100). Provisional lectotype: on stipes of Saccorhiza polyschides (epitype) Lyle; November 1912; BM Slide No. 3679 (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 100).
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Source of current name
Newton, L. (1931). A handbook of the British seaweeds. pp. [i]-xiii, 1-478, 270 figs. London: The Trustees of the British Museum, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, S.W.7.
Key references
Garbary, D.J. (1987). The Acrochaetiaceae (Rhodophyta): an annotated bibliography. Bibliotheca Phycologica 77: 1-267, 2 tables.
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2020.
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