Ceramium boydenii E.S.Gepp 1904

Publication Details
Ceramium boydenii E.S.Gepp 1904: 164, pl. 460: figs 1-3 (as 'Boydenii')

Published in: Gepp, E.S. (1904). Chinese marine algae. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 42: 161-166, 1 pl. [pl. 460].

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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 Campylaephora boydenii (E.S.Gepp) Barros-Barreto & Maggs.

Type Information
Syntype localities: "Hab. Wei-hai-wei, Boyden ! Yenoshima, Japan, Petersen ! Yokohama, Japan, Kjellman ! Vega Expedition."; (Gepp 1904: 164) Lectotype ("China. Wei-hei-wai, Liu-kung-tao Island. Illustration in Gepp (1904)"): (Barros-Barreto & al. 2023: [1]) Notes: "Holotype" indicated by Barros-Barreto & al. (2023: 24) "China. Wei-hei-wai, Liu-kung-tao Island. Illustration in Gepp (1904)." Barros-Barreto & al. (2023: 24) also indicated an epitype "Epitype [for lectotype above]. - Japan. Sea of Japan, Fukui Prefecture, Echizen, Kuriya, Drift, 5.VII.1971, Hommersand s.n. (epi-, here designated, NCU [NCU-A-0004403]).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Grows commonly on Sargassum in the intertidal belt (Nakamura 1965).

Created: 05 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 31 August 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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