Ceramium pusillum Harvey 1863
Publication Details
Ceramium pusillum Harvey 1863: xlvii (synoptic catalogue)
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1863). Phycologia australica: or, a history of Australian seaweeds; comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and a synopsis of all known Australian algae. Vol. 5. pp. [i]-x, v-lxxiii (Synoptic catalogue), Plates CCXLI-CCC (with text). London: Lovell Reeve.
Request PDFType 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 Celeceras pusilla (Harvey) Barros-Barreto & Maggs.
Type Information
Syntype localities: "Western Australia, G. Clifton! Port Fairy, W.H.H. Warnamboul, H. Watts "; (Silva & al. 1996: xlvii) Lectotype (designated by Womersley 1998: 393): W.H. Harvey; TCD; Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 474D (Womersley 1998: 393)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very small (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Habitat
Epiphytic on various algae (rarely on Posidonia) under conditions of strong water movement, especially at the outer edge of rock platforms in the sublittoral fringe or upper sublittoral; some deeper growing plants, to 34 m (Womersley 1978: 221).
Created: 22 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 May 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 May 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
