Callithamnion pulchellum Harvey, nom. illeg. 1855
Publication details
Callithamnion pulchellum Harvey 1855: 561, nom. illeg.
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 525-566.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Callithamnion is Callithamnion corymbosum (Smith) Lyngbye.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Acrothamnion preissii (Sonder) E.M.Wollaston
Type information
Syntype localities: Rottnest Island and Cape Riche, Western Australia (Silva & al. 1996: 372).
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), beautiful and little (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
Nomenclatural notes
Illegitimate: priority for Callithamnion pulchellum C.Agardh, 1828. - (13 Oct 2015) - M.D. Guiry
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
Wollaston, E.M. (1968). Morphology and taxonomy of Southern Australian genera of Crouanieae Schmitz (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 16: 217-417, 42 figs, 10 pls, 1 table.
Key references
Womersley, H.B.S. (1998). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIIC. Ceramiales - Ceramiaceae, Dasyaceae. pp. [1]-535, 235 figs, 4 col. figs in 2 pls. Canberra & Adelaide: Australian Biological Resources Study & State Herbarium of South Australia.
Yoshida, T. (1998). Marine algae of Japan. pp. [1-2], 1-25, 1-1222. Tokyo: Uchida Rokakuho Publishing Co., Ltd. [in Japanese]
Created: 27 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 13 October 2015 by M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021.
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