Acrochaetium indica S.K.S.Raikwar

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Nemaliophycidae
Order Acrochaetiales
Family Acrochaetiaceae
Genus Acrochaetium

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Publication details
Acrochaetium indica S.K.S.Raikwar 1962: 102, figs 1-18

Published in: Raikwar, S.K.S. (1962). A new freshwater species of Acrochaetium (A. indica sp. nov.). Revue Algologique, Nouvelle Serie 6: 98-104.

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 Audouinella indica (S.K.S.Raikwar) Garbary

Origin of species name
Adjective A (Latin), pertaining to India (Stearn 1973).

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.

Source of current name
Garbary, D.J. (1987). The Acrochaetiaceae (Rhodophyta): an annotated bibliography. Bibliotheca Phycologica 77: 1-267, 2 tables.

Key references
Kumano, S. (2002). Freshwater red algae of the world. pp. [i-ii], i-xiv, 1-375 [p. 375 is an Addendum], pls 1-199. Bristol: Biopress Limited.

Ott, F.D. (2009). Handbook of the taxonomic names associated with the non-marine Rhodophycophyta. pp. [i-xiii]xiv-xxiv, [1]-969, [2]. Stuttgart: J. Cramer in der Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung.

Created: 20 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 08 August 2018 by M.D. Guiry

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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Raikwar, S.K.S. (1962). A new freshwater species of Acrochaetium (A. indica sp. nov.). Revue Algologique, Nouvelle Serie 6: 98-104.

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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 February 2020.