Antithamnion cruciatum var. radicans (J.Agardh) Collins, nom. illeg. 1900

Publication Details
Antithamnion cruciatum var. radicans (J.Agardh) Collins, nom. illeg. 1900: 48

Published in: Collins, F.S. (1900). Preliminary lists of New England plants. V. Marine algae. Rhodora 2: 41-52.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Antithamnion is Antithamnion cruciatum (C.Agardh) Nägeli.

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

Source of Synonymy
Athanasiadis, A. (1996). Morphology and classification of the Ceramioideae (Rhodophyta) based on phylogenetic principles. Opera Botanica 128: [1]-216, 108 figs.

Basionym
Callithamnion cruciatum var. radicans J.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: "Hab. in mari Bahusiae" [Bohuslän, Sweden]; (Agardh 1841: 44) Lectotype: LD; herb. alg. Agardh 18737 (Athanasiadis 1986: fig. 6) Notes: Athanasiadis (1996: 168) gave as type locality the Koster Islands.

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

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 16 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 31 October 2023

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Nomenclatural note
Illegitimate: not Antithamnion cruciatum f. radicans (J.Agardh) Hauck, 1882. - (31 October 2023) - M.D. Guiry

Taxonomic note
Taxon inquirendum (Furnari, pers. comm.). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 October 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 April 2025