Ceramium littorale (Linnaeus) C.Agardh 1817

Current name: Pylaiella littoralis (Linnaeus) Kjellman
Collected near Roscoff (F), Dec 1984 - 29 December 2011. Christine Wosnitza

Publication Details
Ceramium littorale (Linnaeus) C.Agardh 1817: xxvii, 65

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1817). Synopsis algarum Scandinaviae, adjecta dispositione universali algarum. pp. [i]-xl, [1]-135. Lundae [Lund]: Ex officina Berlingiana.

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Publication date: Mai-Dec 1817 (p. vii: i Mai 1817)

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 Pylaiella littoralis (Linnaeus) Kjellman.

Source of Synonymy
Kjellman, F.R. (1872). Bidrag till kännedomen om Skandinaviens Ectocarpeer och Tilopterider. pp. 1-112, 2 plates. Stockholm: Akademisk afhandling Upsala.

Basionym
Conferva littoralis Linnaeus

Type Information
Type locality: "in Europae marinis rupibus" [Europe]; (Silva & al. 1996: 572)LINN?;

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), pertaining to the shore (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 20 June 2000 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 21 October 2022

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Taxonomic note
Combination also proposed by C. Agardh, 1817. Syn. Alg. Scand.: XXVII: 65, with the same Basionym (INA) - (19 May 2018) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 October 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 June 2025