Acropeltis australis J.Agardh 1852

Publication Details
Acropeltis australis J.Agardh 1852: 609

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1852). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumis secundi: Algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 2. pp. 577-700 [701-720, Addenda and Index]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Acropeltis is Acropeltis chilensis Montagne.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Halopeltis australis (J.Agardh) G.W.Saunders.

Source of Synonymy
Saunders, G.W. & McDonald, B. (2010). DNA barcoding reveals multiple overlooked Australian species of the red algal order Rhodymeniales (Florideophyceae), with resurrection of Halopeltis J. Agardh and description of Pseudohalopeltis gen. nov. Botany 88: 639-667, 73 figs.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), south, southern (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 27 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 February 2012

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Nomenclatural note
Womersley (1996: 75) cites (Sonder) J. Agardh 1852: 609 as the authority. - (03 March 2009) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
Saunders & McDonald (2010: 656-657) recount the "convoluted" nomenclatural history of this entity: "Sonder (1845) included (as var. constricta) Fucus constrictus Turner (1809-1811) in his description of Rhodymenia australis, rendering his name superfluous and thus illegitimate. In recognizing this, Silva (in Silva et al. 1996) proposed the substitute name Rhodymenia sonderi P.C. Silva unaware of Womersley's (1996, p. 77) proposal, published just three days earlier, that R. foliifera Harvey (1863) be regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Rhodymenia australis and thus an available name for this species. However, an earlier legitimate name is available for this taxon if it is transferred from Rhodymenia. In his transfer of R. australis to Sphaerococcus (as S. australis), Kützing (1849) excluded F. constrictus such that this binomial is not superfluous rendering "australis" a legitimate epithet and available for this species in genera for which the binomial is not a later homonym. Unfortunately, Sphaerococcus australis Kützing is a later homonym of S. australis Harvey (1844), rendering this binomial illegitimate. However, in transferring S. australis Kützing to Acropeltis, J. Agardh (1852) established a legitimate name (Acropeltis australis J. Agardh) for what is presently called Rhodymenia sonderi P.C. Silva, in the event this species is transferred from Rhodymenia. Acropeltis australis is thus a legitimate name." - (26 March 2011) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 February 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 April 2025

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