Callithamnion luxurians J.Agardh ex Kützing 1849
Publication Details
Callithamnion luxurians J.Agardh ex Kützing 1849: 639
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 23-24 July 1849
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 Acrochaetium luxurians (J.Agardh ex Kützing) Nägeli.
Source of Synonymy
Nägeli, C. (1862 '1861'). Beiträge zur morphologie und systematik der Ceramiaceae. Sitzungsberichte der Königlichen Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 1861(2): 297-415, 30 figs, 1 pl.
Type Information
Type locality: Sweden: "ad litora Scaniae" ; (INA 1996) Lectotype: Agardh's collection; LD35117 (Clayden & Saunders 2014: 227) Notes: Type: L (INA). Clayden & Saunders (2014: 228) note that they used specimens from Agardh's collections in Lund, Sweden, because original material could not be located in the Kützing collection in the Netherlands.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 03 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 31 July 2017
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Taxonomic note
Included in the synonymy of Acrochaetium secundatum by some authors, and in the synonymy of Acrochaetium virgatulum by others. - (27 March 2017) - M.D. Guiry
Habitat note
on Zostera (Clayden & Saunders, 2014). - (02 July 2014) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 July 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 June 2025
