Callithamnion divergens J.Agardh 1876
Publication Details
Callithamnion divergens J.Agardh 1876: 19
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.
Request PDFPublication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]
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 Antithamnion delicatulum (Harvey) De Toni.
Source of Synonymy
Athanasiadis, A. (1996). Morphology and classification of the Ceramioideae (Rhodophyta) based on phylogenetic principles. Opera Botanica 128: [1]-216, 108 figs.
Type Information
Type locality: Georgetown, Tasmania; (Athanasiadis 1996: 155) Lectotype: LD; harb. alg. Agardh 18804 (Wollaston 1968: 283)
Origin of Species Name
Participle B (Latin), divergent, going different ways (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 19 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 15 October 2015
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 October 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 December 2024
