Pteroceras Kützing, 1849
Type species: a type species (generitype) appears not to have been designated.
Publication details: Kützing, 1849: 690
Currently accepted name for the type species: Ceramium planum Kützing
Original publication: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFThe most recent alteration to this page was made on 2013-03-24 by M.D. Guiry.
Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ceramium.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Schneider, C.W. & Wynne, M.J. (2007). A synoptic review of the classification of red algal genera a half a century after Kylin's "Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen". Botanica Marina 50: 197-249.
Nomenclatural note
Based on two species, P. cancellatum (C.Agardh) Kützing (Ceramium cancellatum C.Agardh) and P. flexuosum Kützing, both of which have been transferred to Ceramium planum Kützing. According to Index Nominum Algarum, Pteroceras cancellatum Kützing should be treated as a new name. - (24 March 2013) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 March 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2025
