Hormoceras flaccidum Harvey ex Kützing 1862
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Ceramiales
Family Ceramiaceae
Genus Hormoceras
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cross-section and surface view, North of Galicia, Spain, 2016. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
cross-section, North of Galicia, Spain, 2015. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
cross-section and surface view, Ría de Ferrol, Galicia, Spain, 2015,. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
cross-section, North of Galicia, Spain, 2015. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
cross-section and surface view, Ría de Ferrol, Galicia, Spain, 2015,. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
Gayella flaccida, Ría de A. Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2013, Ignacio Bárbara"
. Ignacio Bárbara. © Igancio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
Hawaii; scale 200 µm. J.M. Huisman. © J.M. Huisman.
Panama. Saboga-Las Perlas. In situ image showing the filamentous puff of G. flaccidium growing on coral tip that was previously damaged.. D.S. Littler. © Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu).
Panama. Filaments with alternately branching and slightly incurved tips.. D.S. Littler. © Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu).
Panama. Joint showing rhizoid initiated from major joint cells.. D.S. Littler. © Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu).
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Ceramium flaccidum (Harvey ex Kützing) Ardissone Hawaii; scale 200 µm
© J.M. Huisman
Publication details
Hormoceras flaccidum Harvey ex Kützing 1862: 21, pl. 69, figs a-d
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1862). Tabulae phycologicae; oder, Abbildungen der Tange. Vol. XII pp. i-iv, 1-30, 100 pls. Nordhausen: Gedruckt auf kosten des Verfassers (in commission bei W. Köhne). Download PDF
Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Hormoceras is Hormoceras diaphanum (Lightfoot) Kützing.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gayliella flaccida (Harvey ex Kützing) T.O.Cho & L.J.McIvor
Type information
Type locality: Ad oras britannicas prope Kilkee [Kilkee, Co. Clare, Ireland] (Kützing 1862: 21). Lectotype: "Harv. in litt." [W.H. Harvey]; L 940.265.55 (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 59). Notes: Syntypes: L, BM, TCD.
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), flaccid, not able to hold up its own weight (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
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Source of current name
Cho, T.O., Boo, S.M., Hommersand, M.H., Maggs, C.A., McIvor, L. & Fredericq, S. (2008). Gayliella gen. nov. in the tribe Ceramieae (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Journal of Phycology 44: 721-738, 11 figs.
Key references
Maggs, C.A. & Hommersand, M.H. (1993). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1. Rhodophyta. Part 3A. Ceramiales. pp. [i]-xv, 1-444, 129 figs, map. London: HMSO.
Womersley, H.B.S. (1978). Southern Australian species of Ceramium Roth (Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 29: 205-257, 15 figs.
Womersley, H.B.S. (1998). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIIC. Ceramiales - Ceramiaceae, Dasyaceae. pp. [1]-535, 235 figs, 4 col. figs in 2 pls. Canberra & Adelaide: Australian Biological Resources Study & State Herbarium of South Australia.
Created: 05 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 04 June 2010 by G.M. Guiry
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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021.
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