Ceramium attenuatum Meneghini 1844
Publication Details
Ceramium attenuatum Meneghini 1844: 182
Published in: Meneghini, G. (1844). Del genre Ceramium e di alcune sue specie. Giornale Botanico Italiano Anno 1 Tomo 1: 178-186.
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Ceramium is Ceramium virgatum Roth.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ceramium siliquosum var. elegans (Roth) G.Furnari.
Source of Synonymy
Cormaci, M., Furnari, G., Alongi, G. & Serio, D. coautrice per le Ceramieae (2023). Flora marina bentonica del Mediterraneo: Rhodophyta - Rhodymeniophycidae III: Ceramiales I (RHODOMELACEAE escluse). Bollettino Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali in Catania 56(386): 81-621, 109 pls.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), attenuate (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 November 2023
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Nomenclatural note
"This species was described by Meneghini from Dalmatia (Croatia). The name is illegitimate because it is a later homonym of C. attenuatum Ruchinger (see Ruchinger, 1818: 263) [= Chondria capillaris (Hudson) Wynne]." (Cormaci & al. 2023: 221). - (13 November 2023) - M.D. Guiry
Taxonomic note
"This species, by Ardissone (1871: 36) reduced to the rank of variety of C. diaphanum as C. diaphanum var. attenuatum (Meneghini) Ardissone, was ignored by Hauck (1882). Afterwards, Ardissone himself (Ardissone, 1883: 101), after having examined the authentic specimens of Meneghini, proposed the conspecificity with C. elegans [(Roth)] Ducluzeau (= C. siliquosum var. elegans). De Toni (1903: 1460) listed it among the synonyms of C. elegans. After De Toni%u2019citation (op. cit.) the species was no longer recorded." (Cormaci & al. 2023: 221). - (13 November 2023) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 July 2025
