Acrochaetium polyidis (Rosenvinge) Børgesen 1915
Publication Details
Acrochaetium polyidis (Rosenvinge) Børgesen 1915: 59
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.
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 Helminthora divaricata (C.Agardh) J.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
Magne, F. & Abdel-Rahman, M.H. (1983). La nature exacte de l'Acrochaetium polyidis (Rhodophycées, Acrochaetiales). Cryptogamie Algologie 4: 21-35.
Basionym
Chantransia polyidis Rosenvinge
Type Information
Type locality: Tonneberg Banke, Denmark; (Woelkerling & Womersley 1994: 65) Holotype: C; (Woelkerling & Womersley 1994: 65)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 28 September 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 31 March 2017
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Taxonomic note
Garbary (1987: 139) cites this species as a currently accepted name. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2025
