Acrochaetium hypneae (Børgesen) Børgesen 1915

Publication Details
Acrochaetium hypneae (Børgesen) Børgesen 1915: 51, fig. 53

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 currently regarded as a synonym of Colaconema hypneae (Børgesen) A.A.Santos & C.W.N.Moura.

Source of Synonymy
Santos, A.A. dos & Moura, W. do N. (2010). Nova combinação em Colaconema (Colaconematales, Rhodophyta) e adição à flora de macroalgal marhiha do Nordeste do Brasil. Rodriguésia 61(Suppl.): S73-S77.

Basionym
Chantransia hypneae Børgesen

Type Information
Type locality: lagoon at head of eastern bay in harbour of St. Thomas, D.W.I.; (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 24 December 2001 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 August 2011

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Nomenclatural note
John et al. (2004) cite the authority for this species as Børgesen. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
Garbary (1987: 90) records the this species as being a synonym of Audouinella hypneae. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 August 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 June 2025

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