Callithamnion tenuissimum (Bonnemaison) Kützing
Publication details
Callithamnion tenuissimum (Bonnemaison) Kützing 1849: 645
Original publication: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Callithamnion is Callithamnion corymbosum (Smith) Lyngbye.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Aglaothamnion tenuissimum (Bonnemaison) Feldmann-Mazoyer
Basionym
Ceramium tenuissimum Bonnemaison
Type information
Syntype localities: France: Saint-Pol-de-Leon and Brest, Finistère: Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 395).
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), very fine (Lewis & Short 1890).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Callithamnion tenuissimum (Bonnemaison) Kützing)
Europe: Britain (Newton 1931).
Africa: Ghana (Price, John & Lawson 1986), Sierra Leone (Price, John & Lawson 1986, Lawson & John 1987).
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Callithamnion&species=tenuissimum
SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Callithamnion&Species=tenuissimum
Created: 09 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 23 September 2004 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 269 times since it was created.
Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=14027
Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.
