Ceramium affine Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1930
Publication Details
Ceramium affine Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1930: 172
Published in: Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. (1930). Marine algae of the Revillagigedo Islands Expedition in 1925. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, Series 4 19(11): 109-215, pls 4-15.
Request PDFPublication date: 30 December 1930
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 Yoneshiguea affinis (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Barros-Barreto, Maggs & M.A.Jaramillo.
Type Information
Type locality: Isla Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico; (Setchell & Gardner 1930: 172) Holotype: CAS; 173642 (Yoshida 1998: 889) Notes: Dawson (1962: 51) gives the following information for the type: H. L. Mason 36, April, in Herb. California Academy of Sciences (173642); an isotye slide is in Herb. A. Hancock Foundation. He also notes that the type specimen was epiphytic on Codium.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), neighbouring, allied to, akin to (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 22 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 15 May 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 May 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
