Ceramium strobiliforme G.W.Lawson & D.M.John 1982

Publication Details
Ceramium strobiliforme G.W.Lawson & D.M.John 1982: 287, pl. 44: figs 6, 7

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 (lectotype) of the genus Ceramium is Ceramium virgatum Roth.

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

Type Information
Type locality: Vernon Bank, Ghana; (Lawson & John 1987: 273) Holotype: 11 April 1978; British Museum (Natural History), London (BM); 8791 (Lawson & John 1987: 273)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 05 November 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 14 November 2023

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Distributional note
This species is considered to have been introduced into the Mediterranean (Verlaque et al. 2015: 137), probably by shipping, being first found in the Salina Islands, italy, in 1992; it is now found in Greece and Italy. "It is an alien species coming from the Atlantic Ocean (Ghana), accidentally introduced into the Mediterranean Sea by means of fouling, and reported for the first time from the Island of Salina (Aeolian Islands, Italy) by Cormaci et al. (1992)." (Cormaci & al. 2023: 229). - (04 November 2015) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 April 2025