Acrochaetium emergens (Rosenvinge) Weber Bosse 1921

Publication Details
Acrochaetium emergens (Rosenvinge) Weber Bosse 1921: 194

Published in: 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.

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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 emergens (Rosenvinge) R.Nielsen.

Source of Synonymy
Nielsen, R. (1994). New combinations within the genus Colaconema (Acrochaetiaceae, Bangiophyceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 14: 715.

Basionym
Chantransia emergens Rosenvinge

Type Information
Type locality: Denmark: Skagerrak: Mollegrund off Hirshals; (INA 1996) Type: K. Rosenvinge; 8.viii.1899; 11-15 m deep, on Polysiphonia; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Participle (Latin), emerging, half-uncovered (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 28 June 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 27 March 2017

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Nomenclatural note
Jao (1936: 247) cites (Rosenvinge) Hamel as the authority for this species. - (02 August 2007) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
Garbary (1987: 66) list a synonymy between this species and Audouinella emergens (Rosenvinge) Dixon in Parke & Dixon (1976). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Distributional note
Known in the British Isles only from Galway and the Isle of Man (Dixon & Irvine 1977). Placed in Colaconema by Nielsen et al. (1995). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 April 2025

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