Echinoceras pellucidum Kützing 1841
Publication Details
Echinoceras pellucidum Kützing 1841: 738
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1842 '1841'). Ueber Ceramium Ag.. Linnaea 15(6): 727-746.
Request PDFPublication date: February-March 1842
Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ceramium ciliatum var. robustum (J.Agardh) Mazoyer.
Source of Synonymy
Cormaci, M., Furnari, G., Alongi, G. & Serio, D. coautrice per le Ceramieae (2023). Flora marina bentonica del Mediterraneo: Rhodophyta - Rhodymeniophycidae III: Ceramiales I (RHODOMELACEAE escluse). Bollettino Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali in Catania 56(386): 81-621, 109 pls.
Type Information
Italy: Gulf of Genoa;
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), pellucid, translucent but not hyaline (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 06 June 2016 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 09 November 2023
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Nomenclatural note
"This species was described by Kützing (1842: 738) from the Gulf of Genoa (Italy) and later illustrated in his Tabulae Phycologicae (Kützing, 1862: 28, pl. 93/a-c). Listed by Hauck (1882: 110) among the synonyms of C. ciliatum [var. ciliatum], it was later considered by Mazoyer (1938: 322) as a synonym of C. ciliatum var. robustum." (Cormaci & al. 2023: 170-1). - (09 November 2023) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 June 2025
