Ceramium filicinum Grateloup 1806

Current name: Halopteris filicina (Grateloup) Kützing
Ría de Ferrol, Galicia, Spain, 2008Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)

Publication Details
Ceramium filicinum Grateloup 1806: Appendix, [1], fig. 1

Published in: Grateloup, J.P.A.S. (1806). Descriptiones aliquorum Ceramiorum novorum, cum iconum explicationibus Observations sur la constitution de l'été de 1806, et sur les maladies qui se sont présentées, pendant ce trimestre, à l'Hôtel-Dieu St-Eloi de Montpellier ; précédées de quelques considérations générales sur l'influence de l'air et des saisons sur l'économie des êtres vivans. Par J. P. A. S. Grateloup,... Pour obtenir le grade de docteur en médecine. pp. Appendix, with one unnumbered page and one unnumbered plate. Montpellier.

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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 Halopteris filicina (Grateloup) Kützing.

Type Information
Type locality: Montpellier, Hérault, France; (Silva & al. 1996: 578) Type: herb. alg. Agardh, LD; 45769 (Yoshida 1998)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), fern-like (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 29 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 October 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 July 2025