Ceramium gasparrinii Meneghini 1844
Current name:
Centroceras gasparrinii (Meneghini) Kützing
Barrow Island, Western Australia - 23 April 2019. J.M. Huisman
Publication Details
Ceramium gasparrinii Meneghini 1844: 186 (as 'Gasparrinii')
Published in: Meneghini, G. (1844). Del genre Ceramium e di alcune sue specie. Giornale Botanico Italiano Anno 1 Tomo 1: 178-186.
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 Centroceras gasparrinii (Meneghini) Kützing.
Source of Synonymy
Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Type Information
Type locality: "Palermo, Gasparrini" [Sicily]; (Meneghini 1844: 186) Type: L; 0193946 (Won, Cho & Fredericq 2009: 231) Notes: Isotype: L-0193946 (#940264-102).
Eponomy
Named for the collector, Gasparrini, probably Guglielmo Gasparrini (1803–1866), Italian botanist.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 31 October 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 October 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 January 2025