Ceramium ocellatum Grateloup 1806

Publication Details
Ceramium ocellatum Grateloup 1806: pl. (1): fig. II

Published in: Grateloup, J.P.A.S. (1806). Descriptiones aliquorum Ceramiorum novorum, cum iconum explicationibus Observations sur la constitution de l'été de 1806, et sur les maladies qui se sont présentées, pendant ce trimestre, à l'Hôtel-Dieu St-Eloi de Montpellier ; précédées de quelques considérations générales sur l'influence de l'air et des saisons sur l'économie des êtres vivans. Par J. P. A. S. Grateloup,... Pour obtenir le grade de docteur en médecine. pp. Appendix, with one unnumbered page and one unnumbered plate. Montpellier.

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 Dasya ocellata (Grateloup) Harvey.

Source of Synonymy
Harvey, W.H. (1833). Div. I. Inarticulatae. Div. II. Confervoideae; Div. III. Gloiocladeae. In: The English Flora of Sir James Edward Smith. Class XXIV. Cryptogamia. Vol. V. (or Vol. II of Dr. Hooker's British flora). Part I. Comprising the Mosses, Hepaticae, Lichens, Characeae and Algae. (Hooker, W.J. Eds), pp. 259-262, 264-401. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Paternoster-Row.

Type Information
Type locality: Sète [Hérault, France]; (Silva & al. 1996: 437) Lectotype (designated by Maggs & Hommersand 1993): unlocalised, undated Grateloup specimen; LD; 43847 (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 275) Notes: "Dasya ocellata is based on Ceramium ocellatum, a name published by Grateloup (1806) on the basis of specimens collected in Montpellier (Mediterranean coast of France),..." (Peña-Matrin & al. 2008: 74), but INA and Silva & al. (1996: 437) indicated "Sète". I have not seen the original publication.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), marked with two-coloured spots, having the centre of one colour surrounded by a broad ring of another (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 19 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 08 December 2023

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