Ceramium rubrum f. secundatum (Lyngbye) J.Agardh 1851

Current name:
Ceramium secundatum Lyngbye
Ría de Ferrol, Galicia, Spain, 2014Ignacio Barbara
Publication Details
Ceramium rubrum f. secundatum (Lyngbye) J.Agardh 1851: 127 (as 'vaar. proliferum f. secundatum')
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 1. pp. [i]-xii, [1]-336 + 337-351 [Addenda and Indices]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Ceramium is Ceramium virgatum Roth.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ceramium secundatum Lyngbye.
Source of Synonymy
Cormaci, M., Furnari, G., Alongi, G. & Serio, D. coautrice per le Ceramieae (2023). Flora marina bentonica del Mediterraneo: Rhodophyta - Rhodymeniophycidae III: Ceramiales I (RHODOMELACEAE escluse). Bollettino Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali in Catania 56(386): 81-621, 109 pls.
Basionym
Ceramium secundatum Lyngbye
Type Information
Syntype localities: ad littora Faroensis, ut inter Thorhavn et Hoyviig [Faeroe Islands]; (Lyngbye 1819: 119) Lectotype: Lyngbye; 27 vi 1817; C; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 69) Notes: Cited in Maggs & Hommersand (1993) as J. Rueness, pers. comm. Hoyviig is the lectotype locality.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), red (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 November 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 May 2025