Acrochaetium naumannii (Askenasy) Askenasy

Current name: Colaconema naumannii (Askenasy) Prud'homme van Reine, R.J. Haroun & L.B.T. Kosterman ex D. Gabriel & Fredericq
Spain, Galicia, Ría de A Coruña, 2001Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)

Publication Details
Acrochaetium naumannii (Askenasy) Askenasy

Published in: Børgesen, F. (1915). The marine algae of the Danish West Indies. Part 3. Rhodophyceae (1). Dansk Botanisk Arkiv 3: 1-80, Figs 1-86.

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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 naumannii (Askenasy) Prud'homme van Reine, R.J. Haroun & L.B.T. Kosterman ex D. Gabriel & Fredericq.

Basionym
Chantransia naumannii Askenasy

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 09 November 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 18 October 2006

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Taxonomic note
Garbary (1987: 125) records this as a synonym of Audouinella naumannii. John et al. (2004) cite Audouinella naumannii (Askenasy) J.H. Price and Chantransia naumannii Askenasy as synonyms of this species. They also note that Stegenga (pers. comm.) has suggested that this species may be referable to the genus Colaconema. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 October 2006. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 May 2025