Ceramium elegans (Roth) Ducluzeau 1805

Publication Details
Ceramium elegans (Roth) Ducluzeau 1805: 53

Published in: Ducluzeau, J.A.P. (1805). Essai sur l'histoire naturelle des Conferves des environs de Montpellier Par. J.A.P. Ducluzeau, de Montagrier, Départment de la Dordogne pour obtenir le grade de Docteur en Médicine. pp. [i]-89, [90, err.; 91, note; 92, presentation]. Montpellier: De l'Imprimierie d'Auguste Ricard, Rue Arc d'Arènes, Maison Plagniol, N.o 9.

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Publication date: December 1805

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 siliquosum var. elegans (Roth) G.Furnari.

Source of Synonymy
Furnari, G., Cormaci, M. & Serio, D. (1999). Catalogue of the benthic marine macroalgae of the Italian coast of the Adriatic Sea. Bocconea 12: 5-214.

Basionym
Conferva elegans Roth

Type Information
Type locality: Not specified; "inter Fucum Helminthochorton"; (Silva & al. 1996: 395)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), elegant (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 25 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 13 November 2023

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Nomenclatural note
Børgesen (1945: 10) and Skage et al (2005) cite this species as Ceranium elegans Ducluzeau. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Distributional note
Ceramium sp. 6 (C.elegans Ducluzeau?) from Piran, Adriatic Sea (Skage et al. (2005)). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 May 2025

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