Callithamnion membranaceum Magnus 1875
Publication Details
Callithamnion membranaceum Magnus 1875: 67, pl. 2: figs 7-15
Published in: Magnus, P. (1875). Die botanische Ergebnisse der Nordseefahrt vom 21 Juli bis September 1872. In: Jahresbericht der Commission zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der deutschen Meere in Kiel für die Jahre 1872, 1873. II. und III Jahrgang. (Meyer, H.A., Möbius, K., Karsten, G. Hensen, V. & Kupffer, C. Eds), pp. 61-75. Berlin: Wiegandt, Hempel & Parey.
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 Rubrointrusa membranacea (Magnus) S.L.Clayden & G.W.Saunders.
Source of Synonymy
Clayden, S.L. & Saunders, G.W. (2010). Recognition of Rubrointrusa membranacea gen. et comb. nov.,
Rhodonematella subimmersa gen. et comb. nov. (with a reinterpretation of the life history) and the Meiodiscaceae
fam. nov. within the Palmariales (Rhodophyta). Phycologia 49(3): 283-300.
Type Information
Lectotype locality: Off Korsör, Denmark; (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 101) Lectotype: original illustration (Magnus, 1875, pl. 2, fig. 8), in the absence of material: (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 101) Notes: Denmark: Korsor near Haddockbank, North Sea (INA).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), membranous (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 03 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 April 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 April 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
