Chantransia chalybea var. leibleinii (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1847
Publication Details
Chantransia chalybea var. leibleinii (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1847: 115
Published in: Rabenhorst, G.L. (1846 '1847'). Deutschlands Kryptogamen-Flora oder Handbuch zur Bestimmung der kryptogamischen Gewächse Deutschlands, der Schweiz, des Lombardisch-Venetianischen Königreichs und Istriens. Zweiter Band. Zweite Abteilung: Algen. pp. [ii]-xix, [xx, err.], [1]-200, [201]-216, index. Leipzig: Verlag von Eduard Kummer.
Publication date: Oct-Nov 1846
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 Audouinella chalybaea var. leibleinii (Kützing) Margalef.
Source of Synonymy
Garbary, D.J. (1987). The Acrochaetiaceae (Rhodophyta): an annotated bibliography. Bibliotheca Phycologica 77: [1]-267, 2 tables.
Basionym
Chantransia leibleinii Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: Germany: Würzburg; (INA 1996) Type: Leiblein; (INA 1996) Notes: According to Necchi & Zucchi ((1995), the type is in the Kützing collection, L unnumbered (Lectotype, designated by Necchi et al., 1993).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), Having the colour of (tempered) steel.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 June 2003 by Elizabeth Moran.
Last updated: 04 January 2015
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Taxonomic note
Garbary (1987: 38) records this as being a currently accepted species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 January 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 July 2025