Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Biliphyta > Division Rhodophyta > Subdivision Eurhodophytina > Class Florideophyceae > Subclass Nemaliophycidae > Order Acrochaetiales > Family Acrochaetiaceae

Acrochaetium Nägeli, 1858

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chromastrum*	Papenfuss, 1945	synonym
*Kylinia*	Rosenvinge, 1909	synonym

Children

Acrochaetium alariae (Jónsson) Bornet, 1904
Acrochaetium balticum (Rosenvinge) Aleem & Schulz, 1952
Acrochaetium barbadense (Vickers) Børgesen, 1915
Acrochaetium barbadensis (Vickers) Borgesen, 1915
Acrochaetium battersianum Hamel, 1927
Acrochaetium boergesenii Schiffner, 1931
Acrochaetium brebneri (Batters) Hamel, 1928
Acrochaetium canariense Børgesen, 1927
Acrochaetium catenulatum M.Howe, 1914
Acrochaetium cheminii Feldmann, 1954
Acrochaetium collopodum (Rosenvinge) Hamel, 1927
Acrochaetium crassipes (Børgesen) Børgesen, 1915
Acrochaetium cymopoliae Børgesen, 1927
Acrochaetium cytophagum (Rosenvinge) Hamel, 1927
Acrochaetium duboscqii Feldmann, 1935
Acrochaetium dumontiae (Rosenvinge) Hamel, 1927
Acrochaetium endozoicum (Darbishire) Batters, 1902
Acrochaetium extensum Ercegovic, 1957
Acrochaetium hauckii Schiffner, 1916
Acrochaetium humile (Rosenvinge) Børgesen, 1915
Acrochaetium immersum (Rosenvinge) Hamel, 1927
Acrochaetium inclusum (Levring) Papenfuss, 1945
Acrochaetium incrassatum Ercegovic, 1957
Acrochaetium irregulare (Reinsch)
Acrochaetium kuckuckianum Hamel, 1927
Acrochaetium kylinii Hamel, 1927
Acrochaetium liagorae Børgesen, 1915
Acrochaetium lorrain-smithiae (Lyle) L.Newton, 1931
Acrochaetium macula (Rosenvinge) Hamel, 1927
Acrochaetium maluinum Hamel, 1927
Acrochaetium mediterraneum (Levring) Athanasiadis, 2003
Acrochaetium microfilum C.-C.Jao, 1936
Acrochaetium microscopicum (Nägeli ex Kützing) Nägeli, 1858
Acrochaetium minutum (Suhr) Hamel, 1927
Acrochaetium molinieri Coppejans & Boudouresque, 1976
Acrochaetium moniliforme (Rosenvinge) Børgesen, 1915
Acrochaetium nitophyllii (Levring) Papenfuss, 1945
Acrochaetium pallens (Zanardini) Nägeli, 1862
Acrochaetium parvulum (Kylin) Hoyt, 1920
Acrochaetium pulchellum Børgesen, 1915
Acrochaetium pulvereum Nägeli, 1862
Acrochaetium reductum (Rosenvinge) Hamel, 1927
Acrochaetium sanctae-mariae (Darbishire) Hamel, 1927
Acrochaetium scapae (Lyle) Papenfuss, 1945
Acrochaetium secundatum (Lyngbye) Nägeli, 1858
Acrochaetium seiriolanum (Harvey-Gibson) Hamel, 1927
Acrochaetium sparsum (Harvey) Nägeli, 1862
Acrochaetium stilophorae (Levring) Kylin, 1944
Acrochaetium subpinnatum Bornet ex Hamel, 1927
Acrochaetium subseriatum Børgesen, 1932
Acrochaetium trifilum (Buffham) Batters, 1902
Acrochaetium unifilum C.-C.Jao, 1936
Kylinia endophytica (Batters) Athanasiadis, 1996
Kylinia rosulata Rosenvinge, 1909

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: アクロカエティウム属

Literature

original description	Nägeli, C.; Cramer, C. (1858). Die Stärkekörner: Morphologische, physiologische, chemisch-physicalische und systematisch-botanische Monographie. Pflanzenphysiologische. pls XI-XXVI.
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
additional source	Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany. 79: 1-1259.
additional source	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Acrochaetium Nägeli, 1858. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:143799