Ceramium diaphanum (Lightfoot) Roth 1806

Publication Details
Ceramium diaphanum (Lightfoot) Roth 1806: 154

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 of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

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: 17 May 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 26 April 2024

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Unspecified note
Hommersand et al. (2006: 204) cite their North Carolina record as Ceramium "diaphanum". - (27 June 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
John et al. (2004) cite Ceramium elegans (J. Agardh) Ducluz., C. nodosum (Kütz.) Harv. and C. tenuissimum (Roth) J. Agardh as synonyms of this species. "From molecular analysis (Wolf et al., 2011 and 2019) it resulted that several species, before referred to C. diaphanum, resulted as distinct taxa. But, unfortunately, in absence of molecular data, it%u2019s nearly impossible to distinguish them from it." (Cormaci & al. 2023: 194). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Distributional notes
Widespread in warm and warm temperate seas (Lipkin & Silva 2002). - (04 June 2010) - G.M. Guiry
In view of the taxonomic change by Maggs & Hommersand (1993) Scandinavian records of this species are uncertain (Athanasiadis, 1996). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Habitat note
Epiphytic on algae and Zostera rhizomes, also growing on muddy sand, from extreme low water to c. 3 m, at moderately to extremely wave-sheltered sites with little or no current exposure (Maggs & Hommersand 1993). - (04 June 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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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 31 March 2025

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