Ceramium interruptum Setchell & N.L.Gardner, nom. illeg. 1924
Publication Details
Ceramium interruptum Setchell & N.L.Gardner, nom. illeg. 1924: 775, 776, pl. 26, fig. 47
Published in: Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. (1924). XXIX Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Gulf of California in 1921. The marine algae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, Fourth Series 12(29): 695-949, pls 12-88, map.
Publication date: "May 13, 1924"
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 interruptum (Barros-Barreto & Maggs) 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: Eureka, near La Paz, Lower California.; (Setchell & Gardner 1924: 776) Holotype: Marchant (no.78); May; Epiphytic on other algae; UC; missing (Setchell & Gardner 1924: 776) Notes: Holotype in UC (Cho et al. 2003); however, INA noted on 15 May 2023 that they type is missing.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), interrupted, not continued (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 21 November 2001 by Olivia Fitzgerald.
Last updated: 07 October 2024
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Nomenclatural note
Illegitimate: not Ceramium interruptum (J.E.Smith) C. Agardh, 1817. Syn. Alg. Scand.: XXVII = Conferva interrupta J.E. Smith 1808, = Seirospora interrupta (J.E. Smith) Schmitz 1893. - (19 May 2018) - M.D. Guiry
Habitat note
Epiphytic on a diverse range of hosts such as articulated coralline algae, Gelidium spp., Laurencia spp. and Codium fragile and occurs in the intertidal to subtidal zones of wave-exposed sites (Cho et al. 2003). - (01 May 2012) - G.M. Guiry
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Francisco F. Pedroche in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 11 July 2025