Acrochaetium simplex (K.M.Drew) Papenfuss 1945
Publication Details
Acrochaetium simplex (K.M.Drew) Papenfuss 1945: 307
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.
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 garbaryi P.W.Gabrielson.
Basionym
Rhodochorton simplex K.M.Drew
Type Information
Type locality: Santa Monica, California, U.S.A.; (Womersley 1994: 50) Holotype: epiphytic on Ectocarpus sp. (epitype) M.G. Fowler; UC; 276666 (Drew 1928: 166)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), simple, undivided, unbranched, of one piece or series, not consisting of several distinct parts (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 29 July 2003 by Elizabeth Moran.
Last updated: 20 April 2005
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 April 2005. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024