Callithamnion byssoides Arnott ex Harvey 1833
Publication Details
Callithamnion byssoides Arnott ex Harvey 1833: 342
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1833). Div. I. Inarticulatae. Div. II. Confervoideae; Div. III. Gloiocladeae. In: The English Flora of Sir James Edward Smith. Class XXIV. Cryptogamia. Vol. V. (or Vol. II of Dr. Hooker's British flora). Part I. Comprising the Mosses, Hepaticae, Lichens, Characeae and Algae. (Hooker, W.J. Eds), pp. 259-262, 264-401. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Paternoster-Row.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Callithamnion is Callithamnion corymbosum (Smith) Lyngbye.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Aglaothamnion tenuissimum (Bonnemaison) Feldmann-Mazoyer.
Source of Synonymy
Cormaci, M., Furnari, G., Alongi, G. & Serio, D. coautrice per le Ceramieae (2023). Flora marina bentonica del Mediterraneo: Rhodophyta - Rhodymeniophycidae III: Ceramiales I (RHODOMELACEAE escluse). Bollettino Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali in Catania 56(386): 81-621, 109 pls.
Type Information
Lectotype locality: Whitsand Bay, Cornwall, England; (Harvey 1833: 342) Lectotype: Arnott; TCD; (Womersley 1998: 248)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 05 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 16 November 2023
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Irish note
Cotton (1912) includes a note on this entity. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Taxonomic notes
According to Kapraun & Dunwoody (2002: 508), Aglaothamnion boergesenia (Aponte & Ballantine) L'Hardy-Halos & Rueness = Callithamnion byssoides Arnott ex Harvey in Hooker. - (07 June 2006) - G.M. Guiry
According to Womersley (1998) this is a current species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Combination also proposed by Trevisan, 1845:78, with basionym Fucus byssoides Goodenough & Woodward 1797. The Current Name of this taxon is Brongniartella byssoides (Goodenough & Woodward) F.Schmidt, 1893 - (14 April 2016) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 June 2025
