Ceramium codicola J.Agardh 1894

Current name:
Ceramothamnion codicola (J.Agardh) M.J.Wynne & C.W.Schneider
Cape Beale, Barkley Sound, British Columbia, CanadaCoastal Imageworks (colinba@interchange.ubc.ca)
Publication Details
Ceramium codicola J.Agardh 1894: 23
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1894). Analecta algologica. Continuatio II. Lunds Universitets ÅrsSkrift, Andra Afdelningen, Kongl. Fysiografiska Sällskapets i Lund Handlingar 30(7): 1-99, 1 plate.
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 Ceramothamnion codicola (J.Agardh) M.J.Wynne & C.W.Schneider.
Source of Synonymy
Wynne, M.J. & Schneider, C.W. (2023). Reinstatement of Ceramothamnion H.Richards (1901), a replacement name for the newly described Stirkia (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta). Notulae Algarum 296: 1-4.
Type Information
Type locality: "Hab. ad oras Californiae ex S:ta Cruz» mihi missa." [Santa Cruz, California, USA]; (Agardh 1894: 23) Lectotype (designated by Cho & al. 2002: 557): W.G. Farlow; Epiphytic on Codium sp.; LD; 20930 (Cho, Boo & Hansen 2002: 557) Notes: "Isotype. — United States. California, Santa Cruz, 36°58’40.0152”N, 122°1’20.244”W, W. G. Farlow LD 20930 (iso-, designated by Cho et al. [2002: 557], UC[UC1859260])." (Barros-Barreto & al. 2023P 28).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 04 October 2023
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Habitat note
Subtidal zone (Cho et al. 2003) - (01 May 2012) - G.M. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 October 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 February 2025