Cystoclonium filiforme (Sonder) Kützing 1849

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Gigartinales
Family Cystocloniaceae
Genus Cystoclonium

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Cape Peron, Western Australia. J.M. Huisman. © J.M. Huisman.

Tanzania. Katrin Østerlund. © Katrin Oesterlund (Katrin.Osterlund@uadm.uu.se).

Hamelin Bay, Western Australia. John Huisman. © John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au).

Sarconema filiforme (Sonder) Kylin Tanzania
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Publication details
Cystoclonium filiforme (Sonder) Kützing 1849: 757

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
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Publication date: 23-24 July 1849

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Cystoclonium is Cystoclonium purpurascens (Hudson) Kützing.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sarconema filiforme (Sonder) Kylin

Basionym
Dicranema filiforme Sonder

Type information
Type locality: Western Australia (Silva & al. 1996: 336). Holotype: Preiss ; MEL 44488 (Womersley 1994: 345). Notes: According to Womersley (1994: 345) the type is from “occid. Nov. Holl.” Preiss 2557 (Lipkin & Silva 2002).

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), thread-like (Stearn 1973).

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

General environment
This is a marine species.

No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.

Source of current name
Kylin, H. (1932). Die Florideenordung Gigartinales. Acta Universitatis Lundensis 28(8): 1-88, 22 figs, 28 pls.

Key references
Papenfuss, G.F. & Edelstein, T. (1974). The morphology and taxonomy of the red alga Sarconema (Gigartinales: Solieriaceae). Phycologia 13(1): 31-43, 25 figs.

Created: 26 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 07 February 2017 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 22 April 2021.