Ceramium flaccidum (Harvey ex Kützing) Ardissone 1871

Publication Details
Ceramium flaccidum (Harvey ex Kützing) Ardissone 1871: 40

Published in: Ardissone, F. (1871). Rivista dei Ceramii della flora italiana. Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano 3: 32-50.

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Type 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 Gayliella flaccida (Harvey ex Kützing) T.O.Cho & L.M.McIvor.

Source of Synonymy
Cho, T.O., Boo, S.M., Hommersand, M.H., Maggs, C.A., McIvor, L. & Fredericq, S. (2008). Gayliella gen. nov. in the tribe Ceramieae (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Journal of Phycology 44: 721-738, 11 figs.

Basionym
Hormoceras flaccidum Harvey ex Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: Ad oras britannicas prope Kilkee [Kilkee, Co. Clare, Ireland]; (Kützing 1862: 21) Lectotype: "Harv. in litt." [W.H. Harvey]; L; 940.265.55 (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 59) Notes: Syntypes: L, BM, TCD.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), flaccid, not able to hold up its own weight (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Common near low tide level and in wave-washed pools, on rock or epiphytic, especially on Corallina (Womersley 1978: 236).

Created: 17 May 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 15 November 2023

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Nomenclatural note
Womersley (1998: 410) and De Barros-Barreto & al. (2006) cite the authority as (Kützing) Ardissone, which is incorrect. - (20 October 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
John et al. (2004) cite Ceramium gracillimum (Kütz.) Griffiths & Harv. and C. papenfussianum Simons as synonyms of this species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Habitat note
Widespread in tropical to cold temperate waters; 50 cm depth, on Laurencia and a hydroid, the former growing on the latter; on Caulerpa sertularioides; on Chondrophycus papillosus community; in Caulerpa racemosa community; on Sargassum (Lipkin & Silva 2002). Epiphytic on a wide variety of algae, and epilithic on bedrock and pebbles, on damp surfaces near extreme low water and in pools up to mid-tide level, occasionally on strongly wave-exposed shores, more frequently at moderately to extremely sheltered sites, particularly those with some tidal currents (Maggs & Hommersand 1993). Common near low tide level and in wave-washed pools, on rock or epiphytic (especially on Haliptilon (Womersley 1998). - (04 June 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 31 March 2025

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