Acrocladus pellucidus (Hudson) Boedeker 2016

Current name: Lychaete pellucida (Hudson) M.J.Wynne
Spain, Galicia, Lugo, San ciprián, 2004, lower intertidalIgnacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)

Publication Details
Acrocladus pellucidus (Hudson) Boedeker 2016: 919

Published in: Boedeker, C., Leliaert, F. & Zuccarello, G.C. (2016). Molecular phylogeny of the Cladophoraceae (Cladophorales, Ulvophyceae) with the resurrection of Acrocladus Nägeli and Willeella Børgesen, and the description of Lurbica gen. nov. and Pseudorhizoclonium gen. nov. Journal of Phycology 52(6): 905-928.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Acrocladus is Acrocladus mediterraneus Nägeli.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lychaete pellucida (Hudson) M.J.Wynne.

Source of Synonymy
Wynne, M.J. (2017). The reinstatement of Lychaete J.Agardh (Ulvophyceae, Cladophoraceae). Notulae Algarum 31: 1-4, 1 fig.

Basionym
Conferva pellucida Hudson

Type Information
Type locality: Walney Island, Lancashire, England; (Silva & al. 1996: 778) Neotype: BM; Designated by van den Hoek (1963) as one of three specimens ‘preserved under the name Conferva pellucida in Forster’s herbarium labelled “Hudson’s sale”’ (Archer 1963)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), pellucid, translucent but not hyaline (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 20 January 2017 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 15 August 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 April 2025