Gelidium ceramoides Levring 1949

Publication Details
Gelidium ceramoides Levring 1949: 395; pl. 41, fig. 1, text-fig. 1A,B

Published in: Levring, T. (1949). Six marine algae from New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 77: 391-397.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gelidium is Gelidium corneum (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Zuccarelloa ceramoides (Levring) D'Archino & W.A.Nelson.

Source of Synonymy
D'Archino, R., Nelson, W.A. & Sutherland, J.E. (2017). Neither Callophyllis nor Gelidium: Blastophyllis gen. nov. and Zuccarelloa gen. nov. (Kallymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) for three New Zealand species. Phycologia 56(5): 549-560, 34 fig.

Type Information
Type locality: South Otago, Kaka Point (46°22.80'S, 169°46.90'E); (D'Archino & al. 2017: 555) Lectotype: M. Finlayson; 30 April 1945; WELT; A022958 (VWL No. 6045) (D'Archino & al. 2017: 555, fig. 21) Notes: Isotypes: WELT A022959 - A022961 (VWL No. 6045), A022962 (VWL No. 6078).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 15 July 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 27 October 2017

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 October 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 July 2025