Callithamnion pluma (Dillwyn) C.Agardh 1828
Publication Details
Callithamnion pluma (Dillwyn) C.Agardh 1828: 162
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1828). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Voluminis secundi. Sectio prior. pp. [i]-lxxvi, [i]-189. Gryphiae [Greifswald]: sumptibus Ernesti Mauriti [Ernst Mauritius].
Request PDFPublication date: Sept-Dec 1828
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 Ptilothamnion pluma (Dillwyn) Thuret.
Basionym
Conferva pluma Dillwyn
Type Information
Type locality: Bantry Bay, Ireland; (Silva & al. 1996: 423) Lectotype: Miss Ellen Hutchins; BM-K; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), the downy part of a feather, a small soft feather (Smith & Lockwood 1933).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 09 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 09 June 2009
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 June 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024
