Acrochaetium minutissimum Nägeli 1862
Publication Details
Acrochaetium minutissimum Nägeli 1862: 405
Published in: Nägeli, C. (1862 '1861'). Beiträge zur morphologie und systematik der Ceramiaceae. Sitzungsberichte der Königlichen Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 1861(2): 297-415, 30 figs, 1 pl.
Request PDFType 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 minutum (Suhr) Hamel.
Source of Synonymy
Athanasiadis, A. (2016). Phycologia Europaea Rhodophyta Vol. I. pp. [i]-xxxxviii, 1-762. Thessaloniki: Published and distributed by the author.
Type Information
Type locality: "auf Polysiphonia nigrescens in der Ostsee: v. Suhr!" [Baltic Sea, type of Callithamnion minutissum Suhr ex Kützing]; (Kützing 1843: 371)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), extremely small.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 March 2000 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 March 2017
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Nomenclatural note
The supposed basionym, Callithamnion minutissimum Suhr ex Kützing, 1843, is illegitimate; Acrochaetium minutissimum Nägeli, 1862, can be treated as a new name (Athanasiadis 2016: 79). - (18 November 2015) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 April 2025
