Acrochaetium scinaiae E.Y.Dawson

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 scinaiae E.Y.Dawson 1949: 3, figs 11, 12 (as 'Scinaiae' )

Published in: Dawson, E.Y. (1949). Contributions toward a marine flora of the southern California Channel Islands. I-III. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation 8: 1-57, 15 plates.

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 scinaiae (E.Y.Dawson) J.N.Norris

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

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Type locality: Santa Barbara Island, California, U.S.A. Holotype: May 27, 1939; Epiphytic on Scinaia articulata dredged froma white sand bottom at a depth of 30-40 m on the north of the island. AHF 26803, incl. vial 826 (Dawson 1953: 27).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Acrochaetium scinaiae E.Y.Dawson)
North America: California (CA) (Dawson 1949), Mexico (Dawson 1953, Garbary 1987).

Asia: Japan (Yoshida, Nakajima & Nakata 1990, Yoshida 1998).

Key references
Garbary, D.J. (1987). The Acrochaetiaceae (Rhodophyta): an annotated bibliography. Bibliotheca Phycologica 77: 1-267, 2 tables.

Created: 17 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 29 November 2014 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 December 2019.