Chantransia virgatula var. luxurians (J.Agardh ex Kützing) Ronsenvinge 1912
Publication Details
Chantransia virgatula var. luxurians (J.Agardh ex Kützing) Ronsenvinge 1912: 132
Published in: Cotton, A.D. (1912). Clare Island Survey. Marine algae. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 31B(15): 1-178, pls I-IX.
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 luxurians (J.Agardh ex Kützing) Nägeli.
Source of Synonymy
Clayden, S.L. & Saunders, G.W. (2014). A study of two Acrochaetium complexes in Canada with distinction of Rhododrewia gen. nov. (Acrochaetiales, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 53(3): 221-232.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 30 April 2001 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 March 2017
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Taxonomic note
Trinomial previously proposed by Chalon 1905, List. Alg. Mar. 133, with Basionym Callithamnion luxurians J. Agardf 1849. (See INA) - (19 June 2025) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 July 2025