Callithamnion laricinum Harvey 1855

Current name: Hirsutithallia laricina (Harvey) Wollaston & Womersley
Cape Peron, Western AustraliaJ.M. Huisman

Publication Details
Callithamnion laricinum Harvey 1855: 562

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 525-566.

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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 synonym of Hirsutithallia laricina (Harvey) Wollaston & Womersley.

Source of Synonymy
Womersley, H.B.S. (1998). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIIC. Ceramiales - Ceramiaceae, Dasyaceae. pp. [1]-535, 235 figs, 4 col. figs in 2 pls. Canberra & Adelaide: Australian Biological Resources Study & State Herbarium of South Australia.

Type Information
Type locality: Rottnest Island, Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 384) Lectotype: On Posidonia ("Zostera" of Harvey; Herb. Harvey, TCD; Trav. Set 200 (Womersley 1998: 256)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 21 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 August 2011

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Taxonomic note
See note for Hirsutithalia mucronata. - (17 December 2008) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 August 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 June 2025