Callithamnion lanuginosum (Dillwyn) Lyngbye 1819
Publication Details
Callithamnion lanuginosum (Dillwyn) Lyngbye 1819: 130, pl. 41
Published in: Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.
Request PDFType 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 Colaconema daviesii (Dillwyn) Stegenga.
Basionym
Conferva lanuginosa Dillwyn
Type Information
Type locality: "In the Sea, adhering to other Confervae. At Swansea, common." [Wales]; (Dillwyn 1805: pl. 45)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), woolly, downy (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 16 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 March 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
