Callithamnion polyacanthum Kützing 1849
Publication Details
Callithamnion polyacanthum Kützing 1849: 648
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 23-24 July 1849
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Callithamnion is Callithamnion corymbosum (Smith) Lyngbye.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pterothamnion polyacanthum (Kützing) Nägeli.
Source of Synonymy
Nägeli, C. (1862 '1861'). Beiträge zur morphologie und systematik der Ceramiaceae. Sitzungsberichte der Königlichen Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 1861(2): 297-415, 30 figs, 1 pl.
Type Information
Type locality: "Ad littora Britanniae" [probably Kilkee, Co. Clare, Ireland]; (Athanasiadis 1996: 58) Lectotype: (Athanasiadis 1996: 58) Notes: The type could not be located at L although there is evidence that it was examined by O. Sundene and P.S. Dixon; according to Sundene's note the missing type was collected at Kilkee, Ireland. Lectotype: Athanasiadis (1996: 59) selected Kützing’s illustration (1861, xi, pl. 83: fig. II), probably collected by W.H. Harvey (Guiry in Athanasiadis).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 June 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 February 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 November 2024
