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Classification: |
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Acrochaetium Nägeli (Nägeli and Cramer 1858); 189 of 334 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013). Order Acrochaetiale; Family Acrochaetiaceae
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Morphology: |
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Clustered uniseriate filaments usually <5 mm long, tapered, hairlike or end in true hairs. Cells have one stellate chloroplast and a pyrenoid (Dawes and Mathieson 2008). Heteromorphic generations. Further description online.
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Audouinella is considered to be a combination of Acrochaetium and Rhodochorton in its heteromorphic life cycle (Woelkerling 1983).
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Habitat: |
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Worldwide distribution. Epiphytic, epizoic, marine and brackish benthos.
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References: |
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Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 September 2013. Dawes, C.J. and A.C. Mathieson 2008. Seaweeds of Florida. University Press of Florida (592 pp). Nägeli, C. & Cramer, C. (1858). Die Stärkekörner: Morphologische, physiologische, chemisch-physicalische und systematisch-botanische Monographie. Pflanzenphysiologische Untersuchungen. 2. Heft. pp. [i]-x, [1]-623, pls XI-XXVI. Zürich: bei Fredrich Schultness. Woelkerling, W.J. 1983. The Audouinella (Acrochaetium-Rhodochorton) complex (Rhodophyta): present perspectives. Phycologia 22: 59-92, 22 figs, 10 tables. |
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