Ceramium puberulum Sonder 1845
Current name:
Ceramium puberulum Sonder
Cape Peron, Western Australia; scale 500 µmJ.M. Huisman
Publication Details
Ceramium puberulum Sonder 1845: 52
Published in: Sonder, G. (1845). Nova algarum genera et species, quas in itinere ad oras occidentales Novae Hollandiae, collegit L. Priess, Ph. Dr. Botanische Zeitung 3(4): 49-57.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Ceramium is Ceramium virgatum Roth.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 401) (Womersley 1998: 389) Notes: Womersley (1998: 389) notes that no specimen is located in MEL and that there are isotypes located in TCD and LD (20753).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), covered with somewhat downy hairs.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Habitat
A common epiphyte on Posidonia, less frequently found on Amphibolis (Womersley 1978: 217).
Created: 22 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 17 January 2020
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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 25 November 2024