Ceramium filicula Harvey ex Womersley 1978
Current name:
Reinboldiella filicula (Harvey ex Womersley) Barros-Barreto & Maggs
Point Peron, Western Australia; on kelp frond (Ecklonia) - 04 September 2022. John Huisman (john.huisman@dbca.wa.gov.au)
Publication Details
Ceramium filicula Harvey ex Womersley 1978: 238, figs 4 E, F, 15 A-E (as 'filiculum')
Published in: Womersley, H.B.S. (1978). Southern Australian species of Ceramium Roth (Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 29: 205-257, 15 figs.
Request PDFType 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 Reinboldiella filicula (Harvey ex Womersley) Barros-Barreto & Maggs.
Source of Synonymy
Barros-Barreto, M.B., Jaramillo, M.A., Hommersand, M.H., Ferreira, P.C.G. & Maggs, C.A. (2023). Phylogenetic analysis of the red algal tribe Ceramieae reveals multiple morphological homoplasies but defines new genera. Cryptogamie, Algologie 44(2): 13-33 [Appendices 34-58].
Type Information
Type locality: "Port Noarlunga, S.A." [South Australia, Australia]; (Womersley 1978: 238) Holotype: Womersley; 13 March 1977; in low eulittoral pools on offshore reef, on basal leaves of Sargassum lacerifolium; AD; A47978 - “Marine Algae of southern Australia” No. 182 (Womersley 1998: 412) Notes: Womersley (1998: 412) notes that there are also isotypes "with the same number."
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), diminutive of "filix" a fern, also a particular fern. (Brown 1946).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Habitat
Apparently always epiphytic on larger, usually cartilaginous, brown and occasionally red algae (Womersley 1978: 240).
Created: 22 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 15 May 2023
Verification of Data
Users are responsible for verifying the accuracy of information before use, as noted on the website Content page.
Linking to this page: https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=3023
Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 May 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
