Acetabularia exigua Solms-Laubach 1895
Current name:
Parvocaulis exiguus (Solms-Laubach) S.Berger, Fettweiss, Gleissberg, Liddle, U.Richter, Sawitzky & Zuccarello
Gametangia-bearing cap.
Photo-Atlas of living DasycladalesSigrid Berger (sberger@spup.de)
Publication Details
Acetabularia exigua Solms-Laubach 1895: 28, pl. 2: figs 1, 4
Published in: Solms-Laubach, H. (1895). Monograph of the Acetabularieae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Botany 5: 1-39, plates 1-4.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Acetabularia is Acetabularia acetabulum (Linnaeus) P.C.Silva.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Parvocaulis exiguus (Solms-Laubach) S.Berger, Fettweiss, Gleissberg, Liddle, U.Richter, Sawitzky & Zuccarello.
Source of Synonymy
Berger, S., Fettweiss, U., Gleissberg, S., Liddle, L.B., Richter, U., Sawitzky, H. & Zuccarello, G.C. (2003). 18S rDNA phylogeny and evaluation of cap development in Polyphysaceae (formerly Acetabulariaceae; Dasycladales, Chlorophyta). Phycologia 42: 506-561.
Type Information
Syntype localities: Indonesia: Macassar (Ujung Pandang), Celebes and Sikka, Flores; (Silva & al. 1996: 892)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), small, short, poor, scanty (Brown 1946).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 08 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 March 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 November 2024