Codium laminarioides Harvey 1855

Current name: Codium laminarioides Harvey
Rottnest Island, Western AustraliaJ.M. Huisman

Publication Details
Codium laminarioides Harvey 1855: 565

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 525-566.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Codium is Codium tomentosum Stackhouse.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Lectotype locality: Rottnest Island, Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 857) Type: TCD, Herb. Harvey; Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 574 (Womersley 1984: 232) Notes: Silva et al. (1996) recommend consulting P.Silva & Womersley (1956: 273) for more information on the lectotype locality of this species.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 15 December 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 January 2020

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Taxonomic note
This entity is probably closely related to Codium platylobium and C. latum, from which it differs in habit “... by the almost complete supression (or lack of development) or dichotomous branching.” (Silva & Womersley, 1956: 273). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 January 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 April 2025