Ceramium spiniferum Kützing 1849
Publication Details
Ceramium spiniferum Kützing 1849: 688
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 23-24 July 1849
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 gaditanum (Clemente) Cremades.
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.
Type Information
Type locality: Ad Gades leg. Willkomm, ad Neapolin: Naegeli (317); (INA 1996) Type: Willkomm (from Cadiz); L; Herb. Lugd. Bat. 940.142.444 (Dixon 1959: 341) Notes: According to Dixon (1959: 341), C. spiniferum is based on specimens from England and the Atlantic coast of Spain and not on material from the Mediterranean.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), spine-bearing (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 November 2023
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Nomenclatural note
"This species was described by Kützing (1849: 688) on the basis of specimens from the Atlantic (Cádiz, Spain) and the Mediterranean Sea (Naples, Italy). Later, it was illustrated by Kützing (1863: 6, pl. 15/d-e) who limited its distribution area to the Mediterranean Sea (not quoting Cádiz) and with the annotation that the corresponding plate had been erroneously named "C. spinuliferum". The synonymy was established by J. Agardh (1851: 134) who concluded: "Cer. spiniferum Kütz. Sp. Alg. p. 688 nullo dato charactere a Cer. flabelligero distinctum mihi videtur" (It seems to me that no character distinguishes Cer. spiniferum Kütz. Sp. Alg. p. 688 from Cer. flabelligerum). Ignored by Hauck (1882), that species was considered by Ardissone (1883: 116, as C. spinuliferum) as a probable synonym of C. rubrum (= C. virgatum). De Toni (1903: 1477) listed it among the synonyms of C. flabelligerum J. Agardh [= C. gaditanum according to Cremades & Pérez-Cirera (1990: 489)] but made no reference to Kützing's table and excluded with doubt the record from Naples." (Cormaci & al. 2023: 202). - (10 November 2023) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 April 2025
