Episporium centroceratis Möbius 1885

Publication Details
Episporium centroceratis Möbius 1885: 77-80, pl. 7

Published in: Möbius, M. (1885). Ueber eine neue epiphytische Floridee. Berichte der deutsche botanischen Gesellschaft 3: 77-80, Plate VII.

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

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

Type Information
Type locality: Dirk Hartog Island, Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 408) Type: Nauman; B?; (Womersley 1998: 422) Notes: Dirk Hartog Island is ca. 26 S, 113 E. Collected in the 19th century (Kraft & Abbott 2002).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 22 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 04 April 2017

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Taxonomic note
Kraft & Abbott (2002: 276) note that the quite detailed study of this species by Pocock (1956) confirmed its uniqueness among the Ceramiaceae (where Pocock provisionally left it in the tribe Episporieae Schmitz 1889) and red algae generally. Womersley (1998: 422) notes that some authors (e.g. G. Feldman 1947) considered it more likely to belong to an order such as the Gigartinales. - (22 October 2010) - G.M. Guiry

Habitat note
An obligate parasite of the ceramiaceous genus Centroceras (Kraft & Abbott (2002). - (22 October 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 April 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 June 2025