Ceramium codii (H.Richards) Mazoyer 1938

Publication Details
Ceramium codii (H.Richards) Mazoyer 1938: 324

Published in: Mazoyer, G. (1938). Les Céramiacées de l'Afrique du Nord. Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 29: 317-331.

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 codii H.Richards.

Basionym
Ceramothamnion codii H.Richards

Type Information
Type locality: Harris Bay (presently Devil's Hole Bay), Harrington Sound, Bermuda; (Richards 1901: 264) Holotype: NY; (Huisman 2018: 397) Notes: Type: Phycotheca Bor.-Amer. No. 845, Collins, Holden & Setchell, on Codium tomentosum, Harris Bay, Feb, 1898; Topotypes: Phycotheca Bor.-Amer. No. 1899, Collins, Holden & Setchell, on Codium tomentosum, Cooper’s Island, [Bermuda] 29 Apr. 1912

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), living on the genus Codium.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Grows on Codium divaricatum (Nakamura 1965).

Created: 16 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 14 May 2024

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Nomenclatural note
South & Skelton (2003) and John et al. (2003) cite this species as Ceramium codii (Richards) Mazoyer 1938). Furnari et al. (2003) cite the authority for this species as (H. Richards) Feldmann-Mazoyer; the original name on the publication is G.Mazoyer not G.Feldmann-Mazoyer or G.Feldmann. It is not entirely clear which authority name should be used. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
South & Skelton (2003: 733) cite Ceramium serpens Setchell & Gardner 1924 as a synonym of Ceramium codii (Richards) Mazoyer 1938. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Habitat note
Widespread in warm waters; a few plants found creeping on a leaf of Thalassia hemprichii (Lipkin & Silva 2002). - (04 June 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 May 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 May 2025

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