Codium guineënse P.C.Silva ex G.W.Lawson & D.M.John 1982

Publication Details
Codium guineënse P.C.Silva ex G.W.Lawson & D.M.John 1982: 111, pl. 9 ['10']: figs 3, 4

Published in: Lawson, G.W. & John, D.M. (1982). The marine algae and coastal environment of tropical west Africa. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 70: 1-455.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Codium is Codium tomentosum Stackhouse.

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

Type Information
Type locality: Prampram, Ghana; (Lawson & John 1987: 84) Holotype: 1 November 1951; BM; A230 (Lawson & John 1987: 84)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 14 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 25 April 2010

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Taxonomic note
Lawson & John (1987) make the following remarks: "For nearly a quarter of a century this name has been used for Codium plants collected along the West African coast. ... The West African material was first appreciated as being a new species by Dr. P. Silva who gave it the name of Codium guinneëse but never apparently published a description of it. We retained his name when validating the taxon." - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 April 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 April 2025