Acrochaetium densum (K.M.Drew) Papenfuss 1945

Publication Details
Acrochaetium densum (K.M.Drew) Papenfuss 1945: 308

Published in: Papenfuss, G.F. (1945). Review of the Acrochaetium-Rhodochorton complex of the red algae. University of California Publications in Botany 18: 229-334.

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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 Acrochaetium catenulatum M.Howe.

Source of Synonymy
Stegenga, H. (1985). The marine Acrochaetiaceae (Rhodophyta) of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 51: 291-330, 25 figs, 1 table.

Basionym
Rhodochorton densum K.M.Drew

Type Information
Type locality: Fort Point, San Francisco; (Drew 1928: 169) Type: Gardner, no. 4607; May; on Spongomorpha Mertensii

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), dense (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 14 February 2020

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Taxonomic note
Stegenga (1985) and Stegenga et al. (1997) considered that A. denusum (Rhodochorton densum) and A. catenulatum were phases in the same life history. Garbary (1987: 58) list a synonymy between this species and Audouinella densa (Levring) Garbary (1979) - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry