Ceramium comptum Børgesen 1924
Publication Details
Ceramium comptum Børgesen 1924: 28, fig. 10
Published in: Børgesen, F. (1924). Marine Algae. In: Plants from Beata Island, St. Domingo, collected by C.H. Ostenfeld. (Botanical results of the Dana-Expedition 1921-22, No. 1). Dansk Botanisk Arkiv 4(7): 14-35, 17 figs.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Ceramium is Ceramium virgatum Roth.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Beata Island, Dominican Republic; (Silva & al. 1996: 393)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), adorned, ornamented, with a headdress (Neal 1993).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 03 August 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 January 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 January 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 February 2023
