Ceramium giacconei Cormaci & G.Furnari 1991
Publication Details
Ceramium giacconei Cormaci & G.Furnari 1991: 45, figs 2-19
Published in: Cormaci, M. & Furnari, G. (1991). The distinction of Ceramium giacconei sp. nov. (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) in the Mediterranean Sea from Ceramium cingulatum. Cryptogamie Algologie 12(1): 43-53, 19 figs.
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Ceramium is Ceramium virgatum Roth.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Italy: Catania: Lachea; (INA 1996) Type (tetrasporophyte): G. Motta; 20.ii.1987; epiphytic on Cystoseira sauvageauna, 6-12 m deep; CAT; 519 (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 23 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 November 2023
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Taxonomic note
This species was described by Cormaci & Furnari (1991) to accommodate the entity previously known in the Mediterranean as Ceramium cingulatum. "In the Mediterranean Sea, this species was erroneously reported as C. cingulatum (Cormaci & Furnari, 1991)." (Cormaci & al. 2023: 204). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Distributional note
"For more details on gametophytes see Cho et al. (2003:552). It should be noted that gametophytes have never been reported from the Mediterranean Sea. From observations carried out in culture by Cormaci & Motta (1989, as C. cingulatum) the Mediterranean specimens reproduce by an apomictic cycle in which from the germination of the "tetraspores" form sporophytes whose "tetraspores" produce new sporophytes which continue the apomictic cycle. This would explain the absence of gametophytes of this species in the Mediterranean Sea." (Cormaci & al. 2023: 204). - (10 November 2023) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 May 2025
