Ceramium crispum Ducluzeau 1806
Current name:
Pterothamnion crispum (Ducluzeau) Nägeli
Falmouth, Cornwall, England - 03 July 2016. David Fenwick (davidfenwicksnr@googlemail.com)
Publication Details
Ceramium crispum Ducluzeau 1806: 47 [pl. 2: fig. 5]
Published in: Ducluzeau, J.A.P. (1805). Essai sur l'histoire naturelle des Conferves des environs de Montpellier Par. J.A.P. Ducluzeau, de Montagrier, Départment de la Dordogne pour obtenir le grade de Docteur en Médicine. pp. [i]-89, [90, err.; 91, note; 92, presentation]. Montpellier: De l'Imprimierie d'Auguste Ricard, Rue Arc d'Arènes, Maison Plagniol, N.o 9.
Request PDFPublication date: December 1805
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 Pterothamnion crispum (Ducluzeau) 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: "Ce petit Ceramium croît à Sette sur les rochers; je l'ai ramassé dan le mois de juin." [Sète, France]; (Athanasiadis 1996: 69) Neotype: G; IG110783 (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 23) Notes: A specimen said to have been discovered by Athanasiadis (pers. comm. in Maggs & Hommersand, 1993) is said by the authors to have priority over the neotype from Banyuls-sur-mer, France, designated by Athanasiadis (1985, fig. 12.). However, Athanasiadis (1996: 69) retains the neotype.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), crisped, irregularly waved and twisted (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 05 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 16 November 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024
