Chantransia pacifica (Kylin) Levring 1941
Publication Details
Chantransia pacifica (Kylin) Levring 1941: 631
Published in: Levring, T. (1941). Die Meeresalgen der Juan Fernandez-Inseln. Die Corallinaceen der Juan Fernandez-Inseln . In: The natural history of Juan Fernandez and Easter Island. (Skottsberg, C. Eds) Vol. 2, pp. 601-670; 753-757. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri.. [in German]
Publication date: 14 December 1941
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 pacificum Kylin.
Basionym
Acrochaetium pacificum Kylin
Type Information
Lectotype locality: Brown Island, Washington, U.S.A; (Abbott & Hollenberg 1976: 315) Type: on Sertularia at 10-20 m depth; (Abbott & Hollenberg 1976: 315) Notes: Dawson (1953: 29) notes type locality as vicinity of Friday Harbor, Washington (several localities indicated with the original description). According to Woelkerling & Womerlsey in Womersley (1994: 58) the type locality was not specified by Kylin (1925), who listed three localities near Friday Harbour, Washington, U.S.A.: Brown I., Shaw I. and Peavine Pass. They also note that the lectotype may be in LD.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), pertaining to the Pacific Ocean.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 25 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 April 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 April 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024