Ceramium compactum Roth
Publication details
Ceramium compactum Roth 1806: 148
Published in: Roth, A.G. [=A.W.] (1806). Catalecta botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur. Fasciculus tertius cum tabulis aenaeis XII. pp. [i-viii], [1]-350, [1-2, index pi.], [1-6, index] [1, err.], pls I-XII. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: in Bibliopolio Io. Fr. Gleditschiano.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Ceramium is Ceramium virgatum Roth.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pylaiella littoralis (Linnaeus) Kjellman
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), compact (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a freshwater 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.
Created: 20 June 2000 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 15 March 2018 by M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2019.
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