Acrochaete repens Pringsheim 1862

Publication Details
Acrochaete repens Pringsheim 1862: 4, 8, pl. XIX [19] [II in reprint]

Published in: Pringsheim, N. (1862). Beiträge zur Morphologie der Meeres-Algen. Physikalische Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1862: 1-37, pls I-VIII.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Acrochaete.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ulvella repens (Pringsheim) R.Nielsen, C.J.O'Kelly & B.Wysor.

Source of Synonymy
Nielsen, R., Petersen, G., Seberg, O., Daugbjerg, N., O'Kelly, C.J. & Wysor, B. (2013). Revision of the genus Ulvella (Ulvellaceae, Ulvophyceae) based on morphology and tufA gene sequences of species in culture, with Acrochaete and Pringsheimiella placed in synonymy. Phycologia 52(1): 37-56.

Type Information
Type locality: Nordsee, auf Scytosiphon filum, Leathesia marina, etc. [Helgoland]; (Pringsheim 1862: 8) Lectotype: original illustration by Pringsheim (1862, pl. XIX; reprint pl. II) selected by Burrows (1991: 102): C: CAT2450 (dried material of isolate RN090704-1) (epitype) (Nielsen et al. 2013: 52)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), creeping, prostrate and rooting (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 06 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 21 July 2017

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