Spermothamnion turneri var. sphaericum (P.Crouan & H.Crouan ex J.Agardh) Batters 1902
Current name:
Ptilothamnion sphaericum (P.Crouan & H.Crouan ex J.Agardh) Maggs & Hommersand
microscope, habit with polysporangia, Barizo, Galicia, Spain, 2000Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Spermothamnion turneri var. sphaericum (P.Crouan & H.Crouan ex J.Agardh) Batters 1902: 84
Published in: Batters, E.A.L. (1902). A catalogue of the British marine algae being a list of all the species of seaweeds known to occur on the shores of the British Islands, with the localities where they are found. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 40(Supplement): 1-107.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Spermothamnion is Spermothamnion turneri (Mertens ex Roth) Areschoug.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ptilothamnion sphaericum (P.Crouan & H.Crouan ex J.Agardh) Maggs & Hommersand.
Basionym
Callithamnion sphaericum P.Crouan & H.Crouan ex J.Agardh
Type Information
Holotype locality: Anse du Minou, Brest, France; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 146) Holotype: Crouan; 25 viii 1836; LD; 35275 (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 146)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 03 April 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 December 2015
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 December 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 May 2024
