Callithamnion octosporum C.Agardh 1828

Publication Details
Callithamnion octosporum C.Agardh 1828: 177

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1828). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Voluminis secundi. Sectio prior. pp. [i]-lxxvi, [i]-189. Gryphiae [Greifswald]: sumptibus Ernesti Mauriti [Ernst Mauritius].

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Publication date: Sept-Dec 1828

Type 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 Gaillona rosea (Roth) Athanasiadis.

Source of Synonymy
Dixon, P.S. & Price, J.H. (1981). The genus Callithamnion (Rhodophyta: Ceramiaceae) in the British Isles. Bulletin of the Britsh Museum (Natural History), Botany 9: 99-141.

Type Information
Type locality: "Ad litora Galliae maris Atlantici, ut ad Port Louis"; (Dixon & Price 1981: 133) Holotype: LD, Herb. Alg. Agardh; 18493 (Dixon & Price 1981: 133) Notes: Other material: LD, Herb. Alg. Agardh 18492, a mica preparation apparently derived from 18493.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 06 March 2002 by Olivia Fitzgerald.

Last updated: 16 April 2018

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Nomenclatural note
Included in the synonymy of Callithamnion roseum (Roth) Lyngbye by Dixon & Price (1981: 123). - (16 April 2018) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 April 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 April 2025