Ceramium gracillimum var. byssoideum Mazoyer 1938

Publication Details
Ceramium gracillimum var. byssoideum Mazoyer 1938: 323

Published in: Mazoyer, G. (1938). Les Céramiacées de l'Afrique du Nord. Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 29: 317-331.

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 Gayliella mazoyerae T.O.Cho, Fredericq & Hommersand.

Source of Synonymy
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.

Type Information
Type locality: Key West, Florida; (Dawson 1962: 57) Type: W. H. Harvey; epiphytic on "gorgoniae"; (Dawson 1962: 57) Notes: According to Dawson (1962: 57) the type collection is probably located in Harvey Herbarium, Dublin, Ireland.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very slender (Neal 1993).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 16 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 11 January 2023

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Nomenclatural note
C. gracillimum var. byssoideum (Harvey) Mazoyer 1938: 323 (Nakamura 1965; Womersley 1978). - (11 August 2009) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 January 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 July 2025