Seirospora griffithsiana Harvey, nom. illeg. 1846

Publication Details
Seirospora griffithsiana Harvey, nom. illeg. 1846: 1, pl. XXI [21]

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1846). Phycologia britannica, or, a history of British sea-weeds: containing coloured figures, generic and specific characters, synonymes, and descriptions of all the species of algae inhabiting the shores of the British Islands. pp. Text with plates, pls I-LXXVIII. London: Reeve & Benham.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Seirospora.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Seirospora interrupta (Smith) F.Schmitz.

Source of Synonymy
Maggs, C.A. & Hommersand, M.H. (1993). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1. Rhodophyta. Part 3A. Ceramiales. pp. [i]-xv, 1-444, 129 figs, map. London: HMSO.

Eponomy
Named for Mrs Amelia Warren Griffiths (1768-1858), a seaweed collector and correspondent from Torquay, Devon, England.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 10 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 22 November 2023

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Nomenclatural note
Treated as a new name as the supposed basionym Callithamnion subtilissimum De Notaris ex Ardissone is an illegitimate name. - (22 November 2023) - M.D. Guiry

Taxonomic note
Illegitimate: unwarranted change of epithet from Callithamnon seirospermum A.M.Griffiths ex Harvey. Presumably Harvey wished to avaoid a paratautonym. - (06 October 2010) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 April 2025