Centroceras eatonianum Farlow 1875
Current name:
Corallophila eatoniana (Farlow) T.O.Cho, H.-G.Choi, G.I.Hansen & S.M.Boo
Cabrillo National Monument, California, USA - 07 September 2018. National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior
Publication Details
Centroceras eatonianum Farlow 1875: 373
Published in: Farlow, W.G. (1875). List of the marine algae of the United States, with notes of new and imperfectly known species. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 351-380.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Centroceras is Centroceras clavulatum (C.Agardh) Montagne.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Corallophila eatoniana (Farlow) T.O.Cho, H.-G.Choi, G.I.Hansen & S.M.Boo.
Source of Synonymy
Cho, T.O., Choi, H.-G., Hansen, G. & Boo, S.-M. (2000). Corallophila eatoniana comb. nov. (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Pacific coast of North America. Phycologia 39: 323-331.
Type Information
Neotype locality: Seal Rock near Newport, Oregon, USA; (Cho, Choi, Hansen & Boo 2000: 324) Neotype: fig 44: T.O. Cho & G. Hansen; 10 July 1998; Herbarium of Department of Botany, Chungnam National University, Daejon, Korea ; C00044 (Cho, Choi, Hansen & Boo 2000: 324) Notes: A type specimen was not designated by Farlow (1875). Doty (1947) lectotypified C. eatonium with the collection made by Mr. E. Hall in Oregon (probably Clatsop County) in 1871. However, this material is missing (Cho et al. 2000: 324).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 30 September 2011
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 September 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 January 2025