Ceramium tenerrimum (G.Martens) Okamura 1921
Publication Details
Ceramium tenerrimum (G.Martens) Okamura 1921: 112, pl. CLXXIX [179]: figs 1-7
Published in: Okamura, K. (1921). Icones of Japanese algae. Vol. IV pp. 63-149, Plates CLXLVI-CLXXXV. Tokyo: published by the author.
Request PDFType 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 Pseudoceramium tenerrimum (G.Martens) Barros-Barreto & Maggs.
Source of Synonymy
Barros-Barreto, M.B., Jaramillo, M.A., Hommersand, M.H., Ferreira, P.C.G. & Maggs, C.A. (2023). Phylogenetic analysis of the red algal tribe Ceramieae reveals multiple morphological homoplasies but defines new genera. Cryptogamie, Algologie 44(2): 13-33 [Appendices 34-58].
Basionym
Hormoceras tenerrimum G.Martens
Type Information
Type locality: "April 1861 bei Nangasaki, Schottmüller" [Nagasaki, Japan]; (Martens 1868: 146) Notes: "Holotype. — Japan. Nagasaki, IV.1861." (Barros-Barreto & al. 2023: 27).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Habitat
Grows on Sargassum thunbergii or Corallina, in the intertidal belt (Nakamura 1965).
Created: 03 August 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 November 2023
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Taxonomic note
See Cormaci & al. (2023: 159) for an extensive discussion of this species. - (08 November 2023) - M.D. Guiry
Distributional note
Following Womersley (1978: 234) Mediterranean plants attributed to this species are not identical with Pacific specimens referred to C. tenerrimum by Itono (1977) (Athanasiadis, 1996). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2025
