Acrochaetium alcyonidii var. cylindricum C.-C.Jao 1936
Publication Details
Acrochaetium alcyonidii var. cylindricum C.-C.Jao 1936: 245, pl. 12: fig. 5 (as 'Alcyonidiae')
Published in: Jao, C.-C. (1936). New Rhodophyceae from Woods Hole. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 63: 237-257, pls 10-13.
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 Colaconema daviesii (Dillwyn) Stegenga.
Type Information
Type locality: Sheep Pen Harbor (washed ashore); (Jao 1936: 246) Type: 1 September 1934; Growing on Alcyonidium mytili Dalyell mixed with Acrochaetium alcyonidae Jao, and partly endozoic, washed ashore; MICH; (Jao 1936: 246) Notes: Type in C.-C. Jao collections and Herb. Univ. Mich., Woods Hole No. 279: B.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 16 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 09 February 2013
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Taxonomic note
According to Garbary (1987) this is a currently accepted name. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 February 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 April 2025
