Gelidium ceramoides Levring
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
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Type information
Type locality: South Otago, Kaka Point (46°22.80'S, 169°46.90'E) (D'Archino et al. 2017: 555). Lectotype: M. Finlayson; 30 April 1945; WELT A022958 (VWL No. 6045) (D'Archino et al. 2017: 555, fig. 21). Notes: Isotypes: WELT A022959 - A022961 (VWL No. 6045), A022962 (VWL No. 6078).
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Gelidium ceramoides Levring)
Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Adams 1994).
Source of current name
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.
Created: 15 July 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 27 October 2017 by Wendy Guiry
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