Carpodesmia Greville, 1830

Holotype species: Carpodesmia zosteroides (C.Agardh) Greville

Publication details: Greville, 1830: xxxiv

Currently accepted name for the type species: Ericaria zosteroides (C.Agardh) Molinari & Guiry

Original publication and holotype designation: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.

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Description: "Frons plana, linearis, dichotoma, costata. Vesiculas nullae. Receptacula tuberculata versus basin frondis innata."

Information kindly contributed by Original description. but may now be outdated.

Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ericaria.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Orellana, S., Hernández, M. & Sansón, M. (2019). Diversity of Cystoseira sensu lato (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean based on morphological and DNA evidence, including Carpodesmia gen. emend. and Treptacantha gen. emend. European Journal of Phycology 54(3): 447-465 [1-19], 85 figs, 3 tables.

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 May 2025