Ceramium tomentosum (Hudson) Roth 1800
Current name:
Spongonema tomentosum (Hudson) Kützing
Murles Point, Co. Donegal, Ireland; on Fucus in pools - 25 May 1994. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Ceramium tomentosum (Hudson) Roth 1800: 468
Published in: Roth, A.W. (1800). Tentamen florae Germanicae continens enumerationem plantarum in Germania sponte nascentium. Tomus III. Pars prior. pp. [i]-vii, 1-578. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: In Bibliopolio Gleditschiano.
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 Spongonema tomentosum (Hudson) Kützing.
Basionym
Conferva tomentosa Hudson
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), tomentose, i.e., thickly and evenly covered with short more or less adpressed curled or curved matted hairs (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 09 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 19 January 2014
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 January 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024