Acanthococcus aciculiferus Lagerheim 1883
Current name:
Glochiococcus aciculiferus (Lagerheim) P.C.Silva
Location: Wetland Mittermoos near Fieberbrunn (Tyrol, Austria) - 01 June 2013. © Wolfgang Bettighofer, www.protisten.de, image under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA)
Publication Details
Acanthococcus aciculiferus Lagerheim 1883: 62, pl. I: fig. 21
Published in: Lagerheim, G. (1883). Bidrag till Sveriges algflora. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar Arg. 40(2): 37-78, pl. I.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Acanthococcus is Acanthococcus aculiferus Lagerheim.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Glochiococcus aciculiferus (Lagerheim) P.C.Silva.
Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C. (1996). Taxonomic and nomenclatural status of Trochiscia Kützing and Trochiscia moniliformis Montagne. Cryptogamie Algologie 17: 69-75.
Type Information
Type locality: Sweden: Sundbyberg near Stockholm;
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 January 2015
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 January 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 June 2025
