Acanthoceras echionotum (J.Agardh) Kützing 1849
Current name:
Ceramium echionotum J.Agardh
Ceramium echionotum, Spanish Pt., Co. Clare - 28 August 2010. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Acanthoceras echionotum (J.Agardh) Kützing 1849: 684
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 23-24 July 1849
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Acanthoceras is Acanthoceras shuttleworthianum Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ceramium echionotum J.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1844). In systemata algarum hodierna adversaria scripsit Jacobus Agardh, quae venia ampliss. facultatis philosophicae pro exercitio disputaturus defendet N. J. Wetterquist, Vestro-Gothus. In auditorio botanica die xxii maj. mdcccxliv. pp. Pars [1]: 22 Mai 1844 (date on cover, rd. by Regensburg Sep 1844), p. [i of cover], [i]-16. Pars [2]: 22 Mai 1844, resp. O. Nic. Hammar, p. [i], 17-32. Pars [3]: 22 Mai 1844, resp. C. O. N. Dahlgren, p. [i], 33-56. Lund: Berling.
Basionym
Ceramium echionotum J.Agardh
Type Information
Lectotype locality: Devon (Torquay); (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 57) Lectotype: [A.M.] Griffiths; September, 1837; LD; 20792 (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 57) Notes: Herb. Lugd, Bat. 940.265.8: Lenormand specimen from Arromanches (Normandy)? (Dixon, 1959: 342). In Atlantico, Torquay, Gades; in mediterraneo ad oras Hispaniae et Galloprovinciae (INA).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), from echis (Greek), an adder, and noton (Greek), a back (Newton 1931).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 February 2024
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Luka Sato in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 November 2024
