Acrochaetium coccineum (K.M.Drew) Papenfuss 1945

Publication Details
Acrochaetium coccineum (K.M.Drew) Papenfuss 1945: 313

Published in: Garbary, D.J., Hansen, G.I. & Scagel, R.F. (1981 '1980'). The marine algae of British Columbia and northern Washington: Division Rhodophyta (red algae), Class Bangiophyceae. Syesis 13: 137-195.

Publication date: September 1, 1981

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 coccineum (K.M.Drew) P.W.Gabrielson.

Basionym
Rhodochorton coccineum K.M.Drew

Type Information
Type locality: USA: California: Fort Point, San Francisco; (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: N.L. Gardner 3488; 10.ix.1916; UC; 274015 (Index Nominum Algarum) Notes: Endophytic in the blade of Laminaria Sinclairii; Fort Point, San Francisco, and Duxbury Reef, Marin County, California (Drew, 1928: 192).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), deep red, from scarlet to carmine and crimson (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 26 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 22 September 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 September 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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