Ceramium pacificum (Collins) Kylin 1925

Publication Details
Ceramium pacificum (Collins) Kylin 1925: 61

Published in: Kylin, H. (1925). The marine red algae in the vicinity of the Biological Station at Friday Harbor, Wash. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift, Ny Följd, Andra Afdelningen 21(9): 1-87, 47 figs.

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Publication date: 1925

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 Ceramothamnion pacificum (Collins) M.J.Wynne & C.W.Schneider.

Source of Synonymy
Wynne, M.J. & Schneider, C.W. (2023). Reinstatement of Ceramothamnion H.Richards (1901), a replacement name for the newly described Stirkia (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta). Notulae Algarum 296: 1-4.

Basionym
Ceramium rubrum var. pacificum Collins

Type Information
Syntype localities: "Departure bay, Barclay sound, Macoun; Port Renfrew, Butler & Polley."; (Collins 1913: 125) Lectotype (Monterey Bay, designated by Cho & al. 2002: 565): FH; (Cho, Boo & Hansen 2002: 565) Notes: "This name was first used with a plant distributed in Hauck & Richter, Phycotheca Universalis, No. 302. It has been in use since then, but as nomen nudum" (Collins 1913: 125). Cho et al. (2002: 565) designate Phykotheka Universalis 302 (FH) as lectotype.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), pertaining to the Pacific Ocean.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 26 April 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 April 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024

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