Aglaothamnion brodiei (Harvey) Feldmann-Mazoyer 1941

Publication Details
Aglaothamnion brodiei (Harvey) Feldmann-Mazoyer 1941: 452, fig. 177 (as 'Aglaothamnion Brodiaei Harvey')

Published in: Feldmann-Mazoyer, G. (1941 '1940'). Recherches sur les Céramiacées de la Mediterranée occidentale. pp. 1-510, errata 1-3, 191 figs, 4 pls [I-IV]. Alger: Imprimerie Minerva 5, Rue Clauzel.

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Publication date: 17 May 1941

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Aglaothamnion is Aglaothamnion furcellariae (J.Agardh) Feldmann-Mazoyer.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Aglaothamnion hookeri (Dillwyn) Maggs & Hommersand.

Basionym
Callithamnion brodiei Harvey

Type Information
Lectotype locality: Lossiemouth, Scotland.; Lectotype: Brodie; no date; TCD; (Dixon & Price 1981: 131) Notes: Syntype localities: Forres, coll. Brodie; Northumberland, coll. Robertson; Torquay, Mrs Griffiths and Mrs Cutler. Other material; TCD, three specimens, LD, Herb.Alg. Agardh 19018, 19025. GL, two specimens. Comments: The original treatment contains two curious misstatements. The Brodie specimens were collected at Lossiemouth according to Brodie’s annotation, not at Forres, which was where he lived and is a few kilometers from the sea. The Northumberland specimen is annotated as having been collected by “Mr Robinson" whereas the collector was quoted as “Mr. Robertson" in the published text.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 10 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 11 January 2023

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Taxonomic note
According to Maggs & Hommersand (1993) this species is a synonym of Aglaothamnion gallicum (Nägeli) Halos ex Ardré. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 January 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 June 2025