Ceramium longissimum (S.G.Gmelin) Roth 1800

Current name: Gracilariopsis longissima (S.G.Gmelin) Steentoft, L.M.Irvine & Farnham
longitudinal section, Ría de Ares, Galicia, Spain, 2014Ignacio Barbara

Publication Details
Ceramium longissimum (S.G.Gmelin) Roth 1800: 172

Published in: Roth, A.W. (1800). Catalecta botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur. Fasciculus secundus cum tabulis aeneis. IX. pp. [i-x], [i]-258, [1-2, add.], [1-2 index icon.], [1-5, index, 6-7 err., 8 note], IX pls. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: in Bibliopolio lo. Fr. Gleditschiano.

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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 Gracilariopsis longissima (S.G.Gmelin) Steentoft, L.M.Irvine & Farnham.

Source of Synonymy
Steentoft, M., Irvine, L.M. & Farnham, W.F. (1995). Two terete species of Gracilaria and Gracilariopsis (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) in Britain. Phycologia 34(2): 113-127, 37 figs.

Basionym
Fucus longissimus S.G.Gmelin

Type Information
Type locality: England: Kent: Sheerness; (INA 1996) Type: Dillenius; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very long (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 06 February 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 April 2025