Ceramium pellucidum (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1846

Publication Details
Ceramium pellucidum (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1846: 143

Published in: Rabenhorst, G.L. (1846 '1847'). Deutschlands Kryptogamen-Flora oder Handbuch zur Bestimmung der kryptogamischen Gewächse Deutschlands, der Schweiz, des Lombardisch-Venetianischen Königreichs und Istriens. Zweiter Band. Zweite Abteilung: Algen. pp. [ii]-xix, [xx, err.], [1]-200, [201]-216, index. Leipzig: Verlag von Eduard Kummer.

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Publication date: Oct-Nov 1846

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 Ceramium deslongchampsii Chauvin ex Duby.

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.

Basionym
Gongroceras pellucidum Kützing

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), pellucid, translucent but not hyaline (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 15 July 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 10 November 2023

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Nomenclatural note
This combination predates Ceramium pellucidum (Kützing) Zanardini (Furnari et al., 1999). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
Combination also proposed by Bertoloni, 1862, Fl. Ital. Cryptog. 2: 221, with basionym Echinoceras pellucidum Kützing 1841, but it was illegitimate [INA] - (06 June 2016) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

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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 31 May 2025