Champia ceylanica Harvey, nom. inval. 1857

Current name: Champia ceylanica HarveyABC Taxa (eric.coppejans@ugent.be)

Publication Details
Champia ceylanica Harvey, nom. inval. 1857: no. 92 (as 'Champiam ceyanicam')

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1857). Ceylon algae [Exsiccata with printed names]. pp. 1-30, 30bis, 31-47, 49-86, 88-106. Dublin: Trinity College Dublin.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Champia is Champia lumbricalis (Linnaeus) Desvaux.

Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.

Type Information
Intended type locality locality: Sri Lanka; (Silva & al. 1996: 344)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), Of (from) Ceylon, an island in the Indian Ocean off southern India (cf. ceylonensis & ceylonicus).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 20 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 25 March 2020

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Nomenclatural note
Invalid: no description; distributed by Harvey in his Ceylon exsiccata. No description was provided and subsequent authors have also not provided one. - (12 February 2010) - M.D. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 March 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 July 2025