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Acrochaete wittrockii (Wille) R.Nielsen, 1983 
AphiaID: 146003

Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Viridaeplantae (Subkingdom) > Chlorophyta (Phylum) > Ulvophyceae (Class) > Ulvales (Order) > Ulvellaceae (Family) > Acrochaete (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Acrochaete N.Pringsheim, 1862
Synonymised
taxa
  Chlorofilum ephemerum P.J.L.Dangeard, 1965
Ectochaete wittrockii (Wille) Kylin, 1938
Entocladia wittrockii Wille, 1880 (synonym)
Phaeophila wittrockii (Wille) R.Nielsen, 1972 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

basis of record: Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Sears, J.R. (ed.). 1998. NEAS keys to the benthic marine algae of the northeastern coast of North America from Long Island Sound to the Strait of Belle Isle. Northeast Algal Society. 163 p. [details]

additional source: South, G. R. and I. Tittley. 1986. A checklist and distributional index of the benthic marine algae of the North Atlantic Ocean. Huntsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, New Brunswick. 76 p. [details]

from synonym: Wilson, J.S., C.J. Bird, J. McLachlan and A.R.A. Taylor. 1979. An annotated checklist and distribution of benthic marine algae of the Bay of Fundy. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Occasional Papers in Biology. St. John's, NL. 65 p. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Stegenga, H.; Mol, I. (1983). Flora van de Nederlandse zeewieren [Flora of the Dutch seaweeds]. Natural History Library of the KNNV, 33. Koninklijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging (KNNV): Hoogwoud, The Netherlands. 263 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: MNCR and associated benthic marine data held and managed by JNCC (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Pembrokeshire Marine Species Atlas (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Fredericq, S., T. O. Cho, S. A. Earle, C. F. Gurgel, D. M. Krayesky, L. E. Mateo-Cid, A. C. Mendoza-González, J. N. Norris, and A. M. Suárez. 2009. Seaweeds of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 187–259 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. I. Biodiversity, pp. 187-259. Texas A&M Univ. Press. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine
Distribution Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of Mexico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
Notes  Diet: photosynthetic [details]

Distribution: Long Island Sound to Strait of Belle Isle [details]

Habitat: endophyte in the outer cell wall of filamentous brown algae like Ectocarpus, Elachista and Pilayella [details]

Morphology: Green colour from Chlorophyll a and b. [details]

Reproduction: general for group: asexual reproduction may be by fission (splitting), fragmentation or by zoospores (motile spores). Sexual reproduction may be isogamous (gametes both motile and same size); anisogamous (both motile and different sizes-female bigger) or oogamous (female non-motile and egglike; male motile) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146003
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Acrochaete wittrockii (Wille) R.Nielsen, 1983. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2013). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146003 on 2013-05-23
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