Codium bursa (Olivi) C.Agardh
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Viridaeplantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Class Bryopsidophyceae
Order Bryopsidales
Family Codiaceae
Genus Codium
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Bari, Italy. Ginnani Felicini. © Ginnani Felicini.
Bari, Italy. Ginnani Felicini. © Ginnani Felicini.
Codium bursa (Olivi) C.Agardh Bari, Italy
Publication details
Codium bursa (Olivi) C.Agardh 1817: xxiv
Original publication: 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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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Codium is Codium tomentosum Stackhouse.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Lamarckia bursa Olivi
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), A generic name used by C. Bauhin (Newton 1931).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Lamarckia bursa Olivi 1792
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Fucus bursus (Linnaeus) Turner 1811
Myrsidrum bursa (Linnaeus) Rafinesque 1910
General environment
This is a Marine species.
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Codium bursa (Olivi) C.Agardh)
Ireland: Antrim (Adams 1907, Guiry 1978, Burrows 1991, Morton 1994), Donegal (Morton 1978, Burrows 1991, Morton 2003), Down (Morton 1994).
Europe: Adriatic (Giaccone 1978, Ercegović 1980, Gallardo et al. 1993, Battelli & Vukovic 1995, Battelli 1996), Balearic Islands (Ardissone 1886, Rodríguez y Femenías 1889, Buen 1906, Sauvageau 1914, Bellón 1921, Navarro & Bellón 1945, Ribera Siguán 1983, Ribera Siguán & Gómez Garreta 1985, Gallardo et al. 1993), Britain (Newton 1931, Burrows 1991, Hardy & Guiry 2003, Brodie et al. 2007), Corsica (Boudouresque & Perret 1977, Coppejans 1979, Demoulin, Janssen & Licot 1980, Verlaque 1984, Gallardo et al. 1993, Rodríguez Prieto, Boudouresque & Marcot-Coqueugniot 1993), France (Feldmann 1937, Feldmann 1954, Coppejans 1972, Ben Maiz, Boudouresque, Lauret & Riouall 1988, Gallardo et al. 1993, Verlaque 2001, Dizerbo & Herpe 2007), Greece (Gerloff & Geissler 1974, Athanasiadis 1987, Gallardo et al. 1993), Ireland (Adams 1907, Newton 1931, Guiry 1978, Burrows 1991, Morton 1994), Isla de Alborán (Conde & Flores Moya 2000), Italy (Giaccone 1969, Cinelli 1971, Feoli & Bressan 1972, Edwards et al. 1975, Cinelli et al. 1976, Gallardo et al. 1993, Gallardo et al. 1993, Cecere et al. 1996, Furnari, Cormaci & Serio 1999, Rindi, Sartoni & Cinelli 2002, Serio et al 2006), Malta (Price 1970, Cormaci et al. 1997), Spain (Lázaro Ibiza 1889, Bellón 1921, Seoane-Camba 1965, Ballesteros 1981, Ballesteros & Romero 1982, Barcelo & Seoane 1982, Pérez-Ruzafa & Honrubia 1984, Gallardo et al. 1985, Ramos Esplá 1985, Rodriguez Prieto & Polo Alberti 1988, Soto & Conde 1989, Pérez-Ruzafa et al. 1991, Gallardo et al. 1993, Flores-Moya et al. 1995, Pérez-Ruzafa et al. 2008, de los Santos, Pérez-Lloréns & Vergara 2009, Mercado et al. 2009), Turkey (Europe) (Güven & Öztig 1971, Güner, Aysel, Sukatar & Öztürk 1985, Cirik, Zeybeck, Aysel & Cirik 1990, Gallardo et al. 1993, Taskin et al. 2008 
).
Atlantic Islands: Azores (Neto 1994 ), Canary Islands (Børgesen 1926, Gil-Rodríguez & Afonso-Carrillo 1980, Viera-Rodriguez et al. 1987, Gil-Rodriguez, Afonso-Carrillo & Wildpret de la Torre 1987, Guadalupe et al. 1995, Haroun et al. 2002, Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003, John et al. 2004).
Africa: Algeria (Gallardo et al. 1993), Egypt (Czeczuga 1975, Aleem 1993, Gallardo et al. 1993), Libya (Gallardo et al. 1993), Morocco (Flores-Moya & Conde 1998, Benhissoune, Boudouresque & Verlaque 2001, Benhissoune, Boudouresque & Verlaque 2001), Tunisia (Meñez & Mathieson 1981, Ben Maiz, Boudouresque & Quahchi 1987, Gallardo et al. 1993).
South-west Asia: Israel (Einav 2007), Levant states (Gallardo et al. 1993), Turkey (Asia) (Taskin et al. 2008 ).
Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Adams 1994).
Taxonomic notes
According to Silva (Index Nominum Algarum), Alcyonium bursa Linnaeus is traditionally cited as basionym of Codium bursa but is invalid in botanical nomenclature. - (28 May 2008) - Diane Littler
Key references
Braune, W. (2008). Meeresalgen. Ein Farbbildführer zu den verbreiteten benthischen Grün- Braun- und Rotalgen der Weltmeere. pp. [1]-596, 266 pls. Ruggell: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag.
Brodie, J., Maggs, C.A. & John, D.M. (2007). Green seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. pp. [i-v], vi-xii, 1-242, 101 figs. London: British Phycological Society.
Burrows, E.M. (1991). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 2. Chlorophyta. pp. xi + 238, 60 figs, 9 plates. London: Natural History Museum Publications.
NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 21 April 2010 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 3462 times since it was created.
References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Jurd, K., Rogers, D.J. & McLellan, D.S. (1992). Anticoagulant activities from Codium bursa and C. vermilara. British Phycological Journal 27: 95.
Vidondo, B. & Duarte, C.M. (1998). Population, structure, dynamics, and production of the Mediterranean macroalga Codium bursa (Chlorophyceae). Journal of Phycology 34: 918-924, 7 figs.
