Acrochaetium pygmaeum (Kützing) Nägeli 1862
Current name:
Audouinella pygmaea (Kützing) Weber Bosse
Basal system. Collected by Melissa Lacan and Laura Tunwell. From the lower Wye, Wales - 01 June 2015. C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com
Publication Details
Acrochaetium pygmaeum (Kützing) Nägeli 1862: 405
Published in: Nägeli, C. (1862 '1861'). Beiträge zur morphologie und systematik der Ceramiaceae. Sitzungsberichte der Königlichen Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 1861(2): 297-415, 30 figs, 1 pl.
Request PDFType 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 Audouinella pygmaea (Kützing) Weber Bosse.
Source of Synonymy
Weber-van Bosse, A. (1921). Liste des algues du Siboga. II. Rhodophyceae. Première partie. Protoflorideae, Nemalionales, Cryptonemiales. Vol. 59b pp. 187-310, figs 53-109, Plates VI-VIII. Leiden.
Basionym
Chantransia pygmaea Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: "Steinen in Wasserleitungen bei Schleusingen" [Germany: Thüringer Wand]; (INA 1996) Lectotype, designated by Necchi et al. (1993): L; 940285 (Necchi & Zucchi 1995: 210) Notes: IT: UC522268 (INA).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), pygmy, dwarf (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 23 July 2003 by Elizabeth Moran.
Last updated: 28 March 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 11 July 2025
