Spermothamnion repens (Dillwyn) Magnus 1873

Publication Details
Spermothamnion repens (Dillwyn) Magnus 1873: 72

Published in: Magnus, P. (1873). Ueber die botanische Ergebnisse der Expedition der Pommerania vom 16. Juni bis 2 August 1871. In: Jahresbericht der Commission zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der deutschen Meere in Kiel für die Jahre 181. I Jahrgang. (Meyer, H.A., Möbius, K., Karsten, G. & Hensen, V. Eds), pp. 65-83. Berlin: Verlag von Wiegandt & Hempel.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Spermothamnion is Spermothamnion turneri (Mertens ex Roth) Areschoug.

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

Basionym
Conferva repens Dillwyn

Type Information
Syntype localities: "In the Sea parasitical on Fuci, [Great] Yarmouth [Norfolk] and Dover [Kent]" [England]; (Dillwyn 1802: pl. 18) Lectotype: BM-K; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 139) Notes: England, unlocalized (Maggs & hommersand, 1993: 139).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), creeping, prostrate and rooting (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 05 December 2023

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Nomenclatural note
Combination frequently attributed to Rosenvinge (1924: 298). - (11 January 2023) - M.D. Guiry

Habitat note
Epiphytic on various algae such as Furcellaria lumbricalis, Cladophora spp., stipes of Laminaria hyperborea, maerl and crustose red algae, also growing on pebbles, bedrock and dead shells, in lower-shore pools and from extreme low water to 25 m, found over a wide range of environmenta conditions, particularly abundant at sites with moderate to strong current exposure but fairly sheltered from wave action (Maggs & Hommersand, 1993). On sand -covered rocks; usually epiphytic; low to mid intertidal in sites from sheltered to extremely wave-exposed (Diaz-Tapia & Bárbara, 2014). - (25 June 2014) - G.M. Guiry

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