Callithamnion repens (Dillwyn) Lyngbye 1819
Current name:
Spermothamnion repens (Dillwyn) Magnus
with Ptilothamnion sphaericum, microscope, North of Spain, 2007Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Callithamnion repens (Dillwyn) Lyngbye 1819: 128
Published in: Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.
Request PDFType 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 Spermothamnion repens (Dillwyn) Magnus.
Source of Synonymy
Magnus, P. (1873). Ueber die botanische Ergebnisse der Expedition der Pommerania vom 16. Juni bis 2 August 1871. In: Jahresbericht der Commission zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der deutschen Meere in Kiel für die Jahre 181. I Jahrgang. (Meyer, H.A., Möbius, K., Karsten, G. & Hensen, V. Eds), pp. 65-83. Berlin: Verlag von Wiegandt & Hempel.
Basionym
Conferva repens Dillwyn
Type Information
Syntype localities: "In the Sea parasitical on Fuci, [Great] Yarmouth [Norfolk] and Dover [Kent]" [England]; (Dillwyn 1802: pl. 18) Lectotype: BM-K; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 139) Notes: England, unlocalized (Maggs & hommersand, 1993: 139).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), creeping, prostrate and rooting (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 09 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 August 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
