Ceramium aegagropila (Linnaeus) De Candolle 1805
Current name:
Aegagropila brownii (Dillwyn) Kützing
microscope, freshwater aquarium, Galicia, Spain, 2012Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Ceramium aegagropila (Linnaeus) De Candolle 1805: 263
Published in: De Candolle, [A.P.] (1805). Note sur la mousse de Corse. Bulletin des Sciences par la Société Philomathique de Paris 3: 263-264.
Request PDFPublication date: January 1805
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 Aegagropila brownii (Dillwyn) Kützing.
Source of Synonymy
Guiry, M.D. & Frödén, P. (2023). Aegagropila brownii (Dillwyn) Kützing is the correct name for Aegagropila linnaei Kützing, the type of Aegagropila Kützing (Pithophoraceae, Chlorophyta), widely known as “Marimo” or “Cladophora Balls”. Notulae Algarum 293: 1-7, 3 figs.
Basionym
Conferva aegagropila Linnaeus
Type Information
Syntype localities: "Habitus in Suecuae lacubus Dannemora, Stockholmiae" [Dannemorasjön Uppland; Stockholm; Sweden]; (Linnaeus 1753: 1168) Lectotype: LINN; 1277.49 (Hoek 1963: 51) Notes: Hoek does not specify a locality for the lectotype. Two specimens are present in LINN (1277.48 and 1277.49). The former is labelled in Linnaeus's handwriting "21" and the latter "21/globosa/*. Species plantarum no. 21 is Conferva agagropila [sic]. Dannemorasjön is a shallow eutrophic lake in Uppland, typical of Aegagropila habitat.
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Greek), a ball of hair or a concretion found in the stomach of the goat and other ruminants.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 04 April 2003 by Elizabeth Moran.
Last updated: 26 September 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 September 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 May 2025
