Pterothamnion crispum (Ducluzeau) Nägeli

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Ceramiales
Family Ceramiaceae
Subfamily Ceramioideae
Tribe Pterothamnieae
Genus Pterothamnion

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Publication details
Pterothamnion crispum (Ducluzeau) Nägeli 1862: 376

Original publication: Nägeli, C. (1862 '1861'). Beiträge zur morphologie und systematik der Ceramiaceae. Sitzungsberichte der Königlichen Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 1861(2): 297-415, 30 figs, 1 pl.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pterothamnion is Pterothamnion plumula (J.Ellis) Nägeli.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Ceramium crispum Ducluzeau

Type information
Type locality: Banyuls-sur-mer, France (Athanasiadis 1996: 69). Neotype: G IG110783 (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 23). Notes: A specimen said to have been discovered by Athanasiadis (pers. comm. in Maggs & Hommersand, 1993) is said by the authors to have priority over the neotype designated by Athanasiadis (1985a, fig. 12.). However, Athanasiadis (1996: 69) retains the neotype.

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), crisped, irregularly waved and twisted (Stearn 1973).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Platythamnion plumula var. crispum (Ducluzeau) Hauck
Ceramium crispum Ducluzeau 1806
Callithamnion plumulum var. crispum (Ducluzeau) J.Agardh 1851
Antithamnion crispum (Ducluzeau) Thuret 1863
Antithamnion plumula var. crispum (Ducluzeau) Hauck 1882
Platythamnion crispum (Ducluzeau) Feldmann 1937

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Pterothamnion plumula var. refractum (Kützing) comb.ined.
Pterothamnion crispum var. bebbii (Reinsch) Mazoyer
Callithamnion plumulum var. horridulum J.Agardh 1841
Callithamnion refractum Kützing 1843
Pterothamnion refractum (Kützing) Nägeli 1862
Callithamnion bebbii Reinsch 1875
Callithamnion abietinum Reinsch 1875
Antithamnion plumula var. bebbii (Reinsch) Feldmann 1937
Platythamnion plumula var. bebbii (Reinsch) Feldmann 1937
Antithamnion plumula var. refractum (Kützing) Schiffner & Vatova 1938
Pterothamnion plumula var. bebbii (Reinsch) Cormaci & G.Furnari 1985

General environment
This is a Marine species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Platythamnion plumula var. crispum (Ducluzeau) Hauck)
Europe: Spain (Gallardo et al. 1985).

(as Pterothamnion crispum var. bebbii (Reinsch) Mazoyer)
Europe: Spain (Conde et al. 1996).

(as Pterothamnion crispum (Ducluzeau) Nägeli)
Ireland: Clare (Maggs & Hommersand 1993), Cork (Maggs & Hommersand 1993), Dublin (Maggs & Hommersand 1993), Galway (Maggs & Hommersand 1993), Mayo (Maggs & Hommersand 1993).

Europe: Adriatic (Gómez Garreta et al. 2001), Balearic Islands (Gómez Garreta et al. 2001), Britain (Maggs & Hommersand 1993, Hardy & Guiry 2003), France (Gómez Garreta et al. 2001, Dizerbo & Herpe 2007, Anon. 2012), Greece (Athanasiadis 1987, Gómez Garreta et al. 2001), Ireland (Maggs & Hommersand 1993, Guiry 2012), Italy (Cecere et al. 1996, Furnari, Cormaci & Serio 1999, Gómez Garreta et al. 2001, Gómez Garreta et al. 2001, Rindi, Sartoni & Cinelli 2002, Serio et al 2006), Portugal (Cremades et al., 2002, Araújo et al., 2003, Araujo et al. 2009, Araújo, Bárbara & Sousa-Pinto in press), Sardinia (Gómez Garreta et al. 2001), Sicily (Alongi et al. 2012), Spain (Granja, Cremades & Barbara 1992, Barbara, Cremades & López Rodriguez 1992, Guillermes, Cremades & Pérez-Cirera 1994, Bárbara, Cremades & Pérez-Cirera 1995, Bárbara & Cremades 1996, Conde et al. 1996, Rodríguez-Prieto & Polo, L. 1996, Cremades, Bárbara, Granja & Veiga 1997, Veiga, Cremades & Bárbara 1998, Rodriguez-Prieto & Polo Albertí 1998, Gómez Garreta et al. 2001, Peña & Bárbara 2002, Gorostiaga et al., 2004, Bárbara et al. 2004, Bárbara et al. 2005, Díaz et al 2008, Peña & Bárbara 2008, Peña & Bárbara 2010, Cires Rodriguez & Cuesta Moliner 2010), Turkey (Europe) (Gómez Garreta et al. 2001, Taskin et al. 2008 ).

Atlantic Islands: Azores (Neto 1994, Tittley & Neto 1994), Canary Islands (Lawson et al. 1995, Haroun et al. 2002, Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003, John et al. 2004, Anon 2011).

Africa: Algeria (Gómez Garreta et al. 2001), Morocco (Gómez Garreta et al. 2001), Tunisia (Ben Maiz, Boudouresque & Quahchi 1987, Gómez Garreta et al. 2001).

South-west Asia: Turkey (Asia) (Taskin et al. 2008 ).

(as Antithamnion crispum (Ducluzeau) Thuret)
Ireland: Clare (Maggs 1983), Mayo (Cotton 1912).

Europe: Ireland (Cotton 1912, Maggs 1983), Spain (Miranda 1931).

(as Antithamnion plumula var. crispum (Ducluzeau) Hauck)
Ireland: Cork (Guiry 1978).

Europe: Adriatic (Giaccone 1978), Balearic Islands (Ribera Siguán 1983, Ribera Siguán & Gómez Garreta 1984), Britain (Newton 1931), Corsica (Boudouresque & Perret 1977), France (Feldmann 1943, Feldmann 1954, Augier, Boudouresque & Laborel 1971), Ireland (Guiry 1978), Italy (Edwards et al. 1975, Cinelli et al. 1976), Spain (Miranda 1931, Ballesteros 1981, Ballesteros & Romero 1982, Fernández & Niell 1982, Boisset & Barceló 1984).

Africa: Morocco (Dangeard 1949).

(as Antithamnion plumula var. bebbii (Reinsch) Feldmann)
Europe: Corsica (Boudouresque & Perret 1977, Coppejans 1979), France (Feldmann 1943), Italy (Cinelli et al. 1976), Spain (Ballesteros & Romero 1982, Ballesteros 1983, Rodriguez Prieto & Polo Alberti 1988).

(as Platythamnion plumula var. bebbii (Reinsch) Feldmann)
Europe: Spain (Gallardo et al. 1985, Barceló & Boisset 1986).

(as Antithamnion plumula var. refractum (Kützing) Schiffner & Vatova)
Europe: Adriatic (Giaccone 1978).

(as Pterothamnion plumula var. bebbii (Reinsch) Cormaci & G.Furnari)
Europe: Italy (Cecere et al. 1996), Malta (Cormaci et al. 1997), Spain (Rull Lluch & Gómez Garreta 1990, Conde et al. 1996, Rodríguez-Prieto & Polo, L. 1996).

Africa: Tunisia (Ben Maiz, Boudouresque & Quahchi 1987).

Taxonomic notes
Guiry (1997) suggests consulting Maggs & Hommersand (1993).

Key references
Athanasiadis, A. (1996). Morphology and classification of the Ceramioideae (Rhodophyta) based on phylogenetic principles. Opera Botanica 127: 1-221.

Rodríguez-Prieto, C., Ballesteros, E., Boisset, F. & Afonso-Carrillo, J. (2013). Guía de las macroalgas y fanerógamas marinas del Mediterráneo occidental. pp. [1]-656. Barcelona: Ediciones Omega, S.A..

Serio, D., Alongi, G., Catra, M., Cormaci, M. & Furnari, G. (2006). Changes in the benthic algal flora of Linosa Island (Straits of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea). Botanica Marina 49: 135-144.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Pterothamnion&species=crispum

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=Pterothamnion&Species=crispum

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 17 May 1996 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 07 May 2013 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 966 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.)

Athanasiadis, A. (1985). The taxonomic recognition of Pterothamnion crispum (Rhodophyta, Ceramiales), with a survey of the carposporophyte position in genera of the Antithamnieae. British Phycological Journal 20: 381-389.

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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77045