Herpoceras Cramer, 1863
Holotype species: Herpoceras australe Cramer
Currently accepted name for the type species: Ceramium filicula Harvey ex Womersley
Original publication and holotype designation: Cramer, C. (1863). Physiologisch-systematische Untersuchungen über die Ceramiaceen. Neue Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 20: 1-131.
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Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ceramium.
Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Schneider, C.W. & Wynne, M.J. (2007). A synoptic review of the classification of red algal genera a half a century after Kylin's "Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen". Botanica Marina 50: 197-249.
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 August 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
