Callithamnion dimorphum Harvey, nom. illeg. 1863
Publication Details
Callithamnion dimorphum Harvey, nom. illeg. 1863: liv
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1863). Phycologia australica: or, a history of Australian seaweeds; comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and a synopsis of all known Australian algae. Vol. 5. pp. [i]-x, v-lxxiii (Synoptic catalogue), Plates CCXLI-CCC (with text). London: Lovell Reeve.
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 Antithamnion verticale (Harvey) J.Agardh.
Basionym
Callithamnion horizontale Harvey
Type Information
Syntype localities: Garden and Rottnest Islands, Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 380) Type: W.H. Harvey No. 254; TCD; (Athanasiadis 1996: 153)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), having two forms, e.g., two morphotypes in the same life history (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 27 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 15 October 2015
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 October 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024