Chantransia infestans (M.Howe & Hoyt) De Toni 1924

Publication Details
Chantransia infestans (M.Howe & Hoyt) De Toni 1924: 64

Published in: De Toni, G.B. (1924). Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. VI. Florideae. Sectio V. Additamenta. pp. [i]-xi, [1]-767, frontispiece. Patavii [Padua]: Sumptibus auctoris.

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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 Colaconema infestans (M.Howe & Hoyt) Woelkerling.

Source of Synonymy
Woelkerling, W.J. (1973). The Audouinella complex (Rhodophyta) in the western Sargasso Sea. Rhodora 75: 78-101, 8 figs.

Basionym
Acrochaetium infestans M.Howe & Hoyt

Type Information
Type locality: Beaufort, North Carolina, U.S.A.; (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 99) Lectotype: NY; (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 99)

Origin of Species Name
Participle (Latin), infesting, attacking (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 01 July 2003 by Elizabeth Moran.

Last updated: 24 March 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 October 2024

 
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