Chantransia cytophaga Rosenvinge 1909

Publication Details
Chantransia cytophaga Rosenvinge 1909: 121, figs 50, 51

Published in: Rosenvinge, L.K. (1909). The marine algae of Denmark. Contributions to their natural history. Part I. Introduction. Rhodophyceae I. (Bangiales and Nemalionales). Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, 7. Række, Naturvidenskabelig og Mathematisk Afdeling 7: 1-151, 73 figs, 2 pls, 2 folded charts.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chantransia is Chantransia nigricans De Candolle.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Acrochaetium cytophagum (Rosenvinge) Hamel.

Source of Synonymy
Hamel, G. (1927). Recherches sur les genres Acrochaetium Naeg. et Rhodochorton Naeg. Published Ph.D. thesis. pp. i-v, 1-117, 47 figs. Saint-Lô: Imprimerie R. Jaqueline, rue des Images, 23.

Type Information
Type locality: "Locality. Sn: Only found at Helsingør, growing on Porphyra umbilicalis on the outer side of tlie southern mole in September." [Denmark]; (Rosenvinge 1909: 124) Type: "Rare on old specimens of P[orphyra] umbilicalis"; C?; Notes: Su: only found at Helsinger, growing on Porphyra umbilicalis on outer side of southern mole in September (INA).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 20 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 March 2017

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