Hormoceras diaphanum (Lightfoot) Kützing 1842

Publication Details
Hormoceras diaphanum (Lightfoot) Kützing 1842: 733

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1842 '1841'). Ueber Ceramium Ag.. Linnaea 15(6): 727-746.

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Publication date: February-March 1842

Type Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Hormoceras.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ceramium diaphanum (Lightfoot) Roth.

Source of Synonymy
Roth, A.G. [=A.W.] (1806). Catalecta botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur. Fasciculus tertius cum tabulis aenaeis XII. pp. [i-viii], [1]-350, [1-2, index pi.], [1-6, index] [1, err.], pls I-XII. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: in Bibliopolio Io. Fr. Gleditschiano.

Basionym
Conferva diaphana Lightfoot

Type Information
Type locality: Scotland; (Silva & al. 1996: 395) Lectotype: BM-K; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 54)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), colourless and nearly or quite transparent, diaphanous (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 10 November 2023

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