Callithamnion aegagropila J.Agardh 1876
Publication Details
Callithamnion aegagropila J.Agardh 1876: 11 (as 'aegagropilum')
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.
Request PDFPublication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]
Type 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 Lejolisia aegagropila (J.Agardh) J.Agardh.
Type Information
Type locality: "Ad Novam Hollandiam australem"; (Silva & al. 1996: 416) Type: Herb. Agardh, LD; 35288 (Womersley 1998: 210)
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Greek), a ball of hair or a concretion found in the stomach of the goat and other ruminants.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 20 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 March 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 March 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
