Chaetomorpha aerea (Dillwyn) Kützing 1849

Publication Details
Chaetomorpha aerea (Dillwyn) Kützing 1849: 379

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.

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Publication date: 23-24 July 1849

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chaetomorpha is Chaetomorpha melagonium (F.Weber & D.Mohr) Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Conferva aerea Dillwyn

Type Information
Syntype localities: On Stones in the Sea at Cromer [Norfolk, England], D. Turner. At the entrance of Laugharne Harbor; at Ifmael's Ferry, and other parts of the Carmarthenshire Coast, W. W. Young. About Swansea.[Wales]; (Dillwyn 1806: pl. 80) Lectotype? [Cromer, Norfolk]: Dawson Turner; BM-K; (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 55)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 June 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 18 November 2023

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Taxonomic notes
Included in Chaetomorpha linum by Burrows (1991), but not accepted by Silva, Basson & Moe (1996: 759). John et al. (2003) cite this as a synonym of Chaetomorpha linum (O.F. Müller) Kützing but note that the relationship between these species is uncertain (see John et al. (2003: 27). Stegenga & Mol (1983: 55) cite this species as Chaetomorpha aerea (Goodenough ex. Dillwyn) Kützing. John et al. (2004) note that Lawson & John (1987) follow Christensen (1957) in considering C. aerea and C. linum to be growth forms of the same taxon, with the latter name having priority. Cormaci, Furnari & Alongi (2014: 313) regard C. aerea and C. linum, following Burrows (1991: 139) and Leliaert & Boedeker (2007: 137-141). - (11 May 2006) - M.D. Guiry
According to Mystikou et al. (2016: 116), C. aerea has been treated as a synonym of Chaetomorpha linum by several authors (Burrows. 1991; John et al., 2003), but their actual relationship remains uncertain. They note that the genus requires taxonomic re-investigation and they tentatively attribute their specimen to C. aerea intil molecular investigations clarify its identity. - (18 October 2016) - G.M. Guiry

Habitat note
Widespread in warm and temperate waters. Luxuriant growths occurred in floating masses, frequently associated with Sargassum rafts; grew less luxuriantly as an epiphyte; on Cystoseira myrica and on Chondria; epilithic (Lipkin & Silva 2002). - (17 June 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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