Ceramium filum (Linnaeus) Wiggers 1780
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Eukaryota unassigned
Phylum Eukaryota unassigned phylum
Class Eukaryota unassigned class
Order Eukaryota unassigned order
Family Eukaryota unassigned family
Genus Ceramium
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Salthill, Co. Galway, Ireland; modelled by Mila Guiry Jones (age 18 months). 17 Sep 2019. Aoife Guiry. © Aoife Guiry.
sporangia in cross section, Ría de Arousa, Galicia, Spain, 2016. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
subtidal with Ulva rigida, Ría de Vivero, Galicia, Spain, 2015,. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
cross section, Ría de Arousa, Galicia, Spain, 2016,. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
cross section, Ría de Arousa, Galicia, Spain, 2016,. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
cross section, Ría de Arousa, Galicia, Spain, 2016,. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
subtidal with Cutleria multifida, Ría de Vivero, Galicia, Spain, 2015. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
cross section, Ría de Arousa, Galicia, Spain, 2016,. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
transverse section, Ría de Ares, Galicia, Spain, 2014. Ignacio Barbara. © Ignacio Barbara.
transverse section, Ría de Ares, Galicia, Spain, 2014. Ignacio Barbara. © Ignacio Barbara.
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Chorda filum (Linnaeus) Stackhouse hairs, Ría de Ares, Galicia, Spain, 2014
© Ignacio Barbara
Publication details
Ceramium filum (Linnaeus) Wiggers 1780: 91
Published in: Wiggers, F.H. (1780). Primitiae florae holsaticae; quas praeside D. Joh. Christiano Kerstens. pp. [i-viii], 1-112. Kiliae [Kiel]: litteris Mich. Frider. Bartschii Acad. Typogr. Download PDF
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ceramium is .
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chorda filum (Linnaeus) Stackhouse
Basionym
Fucus filum Linnaeus
Type information
Type locality: "in Oceano Atlantico" (Athanasiadis 1996: 207).
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), a thread (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.
Source of current name
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.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 18 September 2019 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 468 times since it was created.
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 March 2021.