Acrochaetium unipes Børgesen
Publication details
Acrochaetium unipes Børgesen 1915: 35-38, figs 31-34
Published in: Børgesen, F. (1915). The marine algae of the Danish West Indies. Part 3. Rhodophyceae (1). Dansk Botanisk Arkiv 3: 1-80, Figs 1-86.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Acrochaetium is Acrochaetium secundatum (Lyngbye) Nägeli.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Chantransia unipes (Børgesen) De Toni 1924
Audouinella unipes (Børgesen) Garbary 1979
Kylinia unipes (Børgesen) Desikachary, M.Balakrishnan & V.Krishnamurthy 1990
General environment
This is a marine species.
Type information
Type locality: Frederiksted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 103).
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Key references
Garbary, D.J. (1987). The Acrochaetiaceae (Rhodophyta): an annotated bibliography. Bibliotheca Phycologica 77: 1-267, 2 tables.
Wynne, M.J. (2005). A check-list of benthic marine algae of the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic: second revision. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 129: 1-152.
Created: 29 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 05 May 2008 by M.D. Guiry
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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2020.
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