Ceramium cirrosum (Roth) C.Agardh 1811

Publication Details
Ceramium cirrosum (Roth) C.Agardh 1811: 21

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1811). Dispositio algarum Sueciae, quam publico examini subjiciunt Carl Adolph Agardh... & Johannes Bruzelius, Scanus. Die xi decembris mdcccxi. p. ii. h. & l.s. pp. Pars 2: [i], 17-26. Lundae: Litteris Berlingianis.

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Publication date: 11 Dec 1811

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 Sphacelaria cirrosa (Roth) C.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
Agardh, C.A. (1824). Systema algarum. pp. [i]-xxxvii, [1]-312. Lundae [Lund]: Literis Berlingianis [Berling].

Basionym
Conferva cirrosa Roth

Type Information
Type locality: "...de Wulfen ad mare Adriaticum" ; (Silva & al. 1996: 575) Lectotype (Tireste, Italy): Wulfe; WU; Coll. Wulfen 1261 (Athanasiadis 1996: 197) Notes: This type locality was first recorded by Prud'homme van Reine (1982: 225). Womersley (1987: 166) gives the following data: Lectotype from Trieste Italy (Wulfen); neotype in WU.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), tendrilled, ending in a narrow curled or wavy appendage (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 29 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 27 July 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 July 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024

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