Callithamnion cruciatum C.Agardh 1827

Publication Details
Callithamnion cruciatum C.Agardh 1827: 637

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1827). Aufzählung einiger in den östreichischen Ländern gefundenen neuen Gattungen und Arten von Algen, nebst ihrer Diagnostik und beigefügten Bemerkungen. Flora oder Botanische Zeitung, Regensburg 10(no. 40 of the second volume): 625-640.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Callithamnion is Callithamnion corymbosum (Smith) Lyngbye.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Antithamnion cruciatum (C.Agardh) Nägeli.

Source of Synonymy
Nägeli, C. (1847). Die neuern Algensysteme und Versuch zur Begründung eines eigenen Systems der Algen und Florideen. Neue Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten 9(2): 1-275, pls I-X.

Type Information
Type locality: "Ad Tergestum in Algis majoribus." [Trieste, Italy]; (Agardh 1827: 637) Lectotype: LD; herb. alg. Agardh 18774 (slide B) (Maggs & Hommersand 1993) Notes: Lectotype illustrated in Athanasiadis (1986: fig. 1)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), cross-shaped (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 05 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 August 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024

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