Codium tomentosum Stackhouse 1797

Publication Details
Codium tomentosum Stackhouse 1797: xxiv

Published in: Stackhouse, J. (1797). Nereis britannica; continens species omnes fucorum in insulis britannicis crescentium: descriptione latine et anglico, necnon iconibus ad vivum depictis... Fasc. 2. pp. ix-xxiv, 31-70, pls IX-XIII. Bathoniae [Bath] & Londini [London]: S. Hazard; J. White.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Codium.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Neotype locality: Acton Castle, Cornwall, England; (Silva 1955: 571) Neotype: LINN; (Silva 1955: 571) Notes: "Type. 'On the Devonshire and Cornwall Coasts: on the Long Rock between Marazion and Pensance1 plentiful. Hon. Mr. Wenman' (specimen not located). In the absence of the holotype, I have selected as neotype a specimen in the Linnean Society collected at Acton Castle, presumably by Stackhouse."

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), tomentose, i.e., thickly and evenly covered with short more or less adpressed curled or curved matted hairs (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 06 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 March 2022

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Irish note
Cotton (1912) includes a note on this entity. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
According to Silva et al. (1996) the name Codium dichotomum has been misapplied to this species by Børgesen (1949a: 22-23) and Brown & Jarman (1978: 1256). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Distributional notes
Although frequently reported for the Mediterranean Sea, the presence of this species in the area needs reassessment. Records of this species for Corsica, Sicily, Adriatic, Greece, Turkey, Libya and Tunisia probably refer to Codium vermilara (Gallardo et al., 1993). Records from the west coast of Africa should also be treated with suspicion (Lawson & Price, 1969; Lawson & John 1987 ). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Restricted to North Africa and Europe? (Silva et al., 1996; Verbruggen & Costa, 2015). - (26 June 2015) - G.M. Guiry

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