Ceramium aciculare Roth 1806
Current name:
Chondracanthus acicularis (Roth) Fredericq
with Bifurcaria bifurcata, Ártabra, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2009Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Ceramium aciculare Roth 1806: 114
Published in: Roth, A.G. [=A.W.] (1806). Catalecta botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur. Fasciculus tertius cum tabulis aenaeis XII. pp. [i-viii], [1]-350, [1-2, index pi.], [1-6, index] [1, err.], pls I-XII. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: in Bibliopolio Io. Fr. Gleditschiano.
Original description: 
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Ceramium is Ceramium virgatum Roth.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chondracanthus acicularis (Roth) Fredericq.
Source of Synonymy
Hommersand, M.H., Guiry, M.D., Fredericq, S. & Leister, G.L. (1993). New perspectives in the taxonomy of the Gigartinaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta). Proceedings of the International Seaweed Symposium 14: 105-120, 41 figs.
Type Information
Type locality: Adriatic Sea: "In variis submarinis corporibus"; Lectotype: Wulfen’'s (1803: 63) description in the absence of material (epitype) (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 237)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), acicular, i.e., narrow, stiff, pointed like a needle (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 25 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 February 2017
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Nomenclatural note
Nomen novum pro Fucus acicularis Wulfen, nom. illeg. - (11 February 2007) - G.M. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 April 2025
