Ceramium elongatum (Hudson) Roth 1800

Publication Details
Ceramium elongatum (Hudson) Roth 1800: 178

Published in: 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.

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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 Carradoriella elongata (Hudson) Savoie & G.W.Saunders.

Source of Synonymy
Savoie, A.M. & Saunders, G.W. (2018 '2019'). A molecular assessment of species diversity and generic boundaries in the red algal tribes Polysiphonieae and Streblocladieae (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) in Canada. European Journal of Phycology 54(1): 1-25.

Basionym
Conferva elongata Hudson

Type Information
Type locality: "Habitat in littoribus marinis frequens." [England]; (Hudson 1762: 484) Lectotype: BM-K; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 327)

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

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 03 August 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 05 March 2019

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 March 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 November 2024

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