Ceramium decurrens (Kützing) Kützing ex Harvey 1849
Publication Details
Ceramium decurrens (Kützing) Kützing ex Harvey 1849: 162
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1849). A manual of the British marine algae: containing generic and specific descriptions of all the known British species of sea-weeds. With plates to illustrate all the genera. pp. [i]-lii, [1]-252, 27 pls. London: John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row.
Request PDFPublication date: Jul-Dec 1849
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Ceramium is Ceramium virgatum Roth.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ceramium circinatum (Kützing) J.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
Cormaci, M., Furnari, G., Alongi, G. & Serio, D. coautrice per le Ceramieae (2023). Flora marina bentonica del Mediterraneo: Rhodophyta - Rhodymeniophycidae III: Ceramiales I (RHODOMELACEAE escluse). Bollettino Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali in Catania 56(386): 81-621, 109 pls.
Basionym
Hormoceras decurrens Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: Split, Croatia; (Silva & al. 1996: 392)
Origin of Species Name
Participle B (Latin), running down, e.g. a leaf prolonged beyond the point of insertion and running down the stem.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 04 April 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 November 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
