Ceramium rubrum var. pacificum Collins 1913

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Ceramiales
Family Ceramiaceae
Subfamily Ceramioideae
Tribe Ceramieae
Genus Ceramium

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Northern California. 08 Mar 2011. Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org). © Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org).

Ceramium pacificum (Collins) Kylin Northern California
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Publication details
Ceramium rubrum var. pacificum Collins 1913: 125

Published in: Collins, F.S. (1913). The marine algae of Vancouver Island. Bull. Can. Geol. Surv. Victoria Mem. Mus. 1: 99-137.

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 pacificum (Collins) Kylin

Type information
Lectotype locality: Monterey, California (Cho, Boo & Hansen 2002: 565). Lectotype: FH (Cho, Boo & Hansen 2002: 565). Notes: Cho et al. (2002: 565) designate Phykotheka Universalis 302 (FH) as lectotype.

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), red (Stearn 1973).

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a marine species.

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Key references
Carlile, A.M., Cho, T.O. & Waaland, J.R. (2010). The conspecificity of Ceramium pacificum and Ceramium wahingtoniense (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 49(4): 336-344.

Cho, T.O., Boo, S.M. & Hansen, G.I. (2002). Structure and reproduction of the genus Ceramium (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) from Oregon, USA. Phycologia 40: 547-571.

Created: 07 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 28 April 2011 by M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 September 2021.