WoRMS taxon details
Callithamnion tetragonum (Withering) S.F.Gray, 1821
AphiaID: 144529
AphiaID: 144529
| Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Biliphyta (Subkingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Eurhodophytina (Subdivision) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Rhodymeniophycidae (Subclass) > Ceramiales (Order) > Callithamniaceae (Family) > Callithamnieae (Tribe) > Callithamnion (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Callithamnion Lyngbye, 1819 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Callithamnion affine Harvey, 1833 Callithamnion baileyi Harvey, 1853 Callithamnion baileyi var. boreale Harvey, 1853 (synonym) Callithamnion baileyi var. laxa Farlow, 1881 (synonym) Callithamnion baileyi var. rochei Harvey, 1853 (synonym) Callithamnion baileyi var. squarrosa Harvey, 1853 (synonym) Callithamnion brachiatum (Bonnemaison) Harvey, 1847 Callithamnion fruticulosum J.Agardh, 1841 Callithamnion spiniferum Kylin, 1907 Callithamnion tetragonum f. brachiatum (Bonnemaison) Gran, 1897 Callithamnion tetragonum var. brachiatum (Bonnemaison) J.Agardh Callithamnion tetragonum var. fruticulosum (J.Agardh) Rosenvinge, 1924 Ceramium brachiatum Bonnemaison, 1822 Ceramium tetragonum (Withering) C.Agardh, 1817 Conferva tetragona Withering, 1796 (synonym) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details] basis of record: Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Sears, J.R. (ed.). 1998. NEAS keys to the benthic marine algae of the northeastern coast of North America from Long Island Sound to the Strait of Belle Isle. Northeast Algal Society. 163 p. [details] additional source: South, G. R. and I. Tittley. 1986. A checklist and distributional index of the benthic marine algae of the North Atlantic Ocean. Huntsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, New Brunswick. 76 p. [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Variety Callithamnion tetragonum var. divaricatum Rosenvinge, 1924 Forma Callithamnion tetragonum f. brachiatum (Bonnemaison) Gran, 1897 accepted as Callithamnion tetragonum (Withering) S.F.Gray, 1821 Variety Callithamnion tetragonum var. brachiatum (Bonnemaison) J.Agardh accepted as Callithamnion tetragonum (Withering) S.F.Gray, 1821 Variety Callithamnion tetragonum var. fruticulosum (J.Agardh) Rosenvinge, 1924 accepted as Callithamnion tetragonum (Withering) S.F.Gray, 1821 | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North West Atlantic [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | Published in AlgaeBase  To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (68 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To PESI | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: photosynthetic [details] Dimensions: up to 20 cm high [details] Distribution: Long Island Sound to Strait of Belle Isle [details] Habitat: low littoral, tide pools and shallow sublittoral to 10 m growing on stone or as an epiphyte on diverse algae [details] Morphology: Red colour results from the dominance of the pigments phycoerythrin and phycocyanin; this masks the other pigments, chlorophyll a (no chlorophyll b), beta-caratene and a number of unique xanthophylls. [details] Reproduction: vegetative reproduction is rare; asexual reproduction is effected by the formation of various kinds of spores; Sexual reproduction is unique in this group due to their passive, non flagellated sperm cells (spermatia) [details] | ||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144529 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Callithamnion tetragonum (Withering) S.F.Gray, 1821. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2013). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144529 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||||||||
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