Callithamnion

Genus of algae

Callithamnion
Callithamnion corymbosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Ceramiales
Family: Callithamniaceae
Genus: Callithamnion
Lyngbye, 1819
Synonyms[1]
  • Aristothamnion J.Agardh, 1892
  • Ceratothamnion J.Agardh, 1892
  • Dasythamnion Nägeli, 1862
  • Dorythamnion Nägeli, 1861
  • Leptothamnion Kützing, 1849
  • Phlebothamnion Kützing, 1843

Callithamnion is a genus of algae belonging to the family Callithamniaceae.[2]

The genus was first described by Danish botanist Hans Christian Lyngbye in 1819,[2][3] and the type species is Callithamnion corymbosum (Smith) Lyngbye.,[2]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[4] Species are found in Europe (including Norway and Great Britain,[5]), Australia,[6] America (including Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina and Georgia),[7] Newfoundland (Canada),[8] Sri Lanka and South Africa.[9][10]

The genus of Callithamnion has undergone 2 major changes in its history. Carl Nägeli (in 1861) transferred species without alternate branchlets to Antithamnion, Rhodochorton and Acrochaetium.[11] Then Genevieve Feldmann-Mazoyer in 1941 created genus Aglaothamnion for species having uninucleate cells, zig-zag carpogonial branches and lobed groups of carposporangia, and re-circumscribed Callithamnion. Aglaothamnion is now sometimes regarded as a synonym of Callithamnion with insufficient evidence for separate evolutionary lines of development.[2]

Description

Callithamnion species are a marine red alga that is monaxial (having only one axis) with free filaments and the thalli are usually small tufts.[12] They are also erect, up to 10 cm tall, with irregular branching and have multinucleate cells.[13] In most species are gametophytes and sporophytes are found throughout the year, but are usually only fertile in the late summer and autumn.[8]

Species

As accepted by WoRMS and AlgaeBase;[1][2]

  • Callithamnion acutum Kylin, 1925
  • Callithamnion aglaothamniodes Itono, 1971
  • Callithamnion apiculatum P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1878
  • Callithamnion apiculatum Meneghini, 1844
  • Callithamnion arborescens N.L.Gardner, 1927
  • Callithamnion arrawarricum A.J.K.Millar, 1990
  • Callithamnion axillare Schousboe
  • Callithamnion biseriatum Kylin, 1925
  • Callithamnion bisporum N.L.Gardner, 1927
  • Callithamnion brachygonum Harvey, 1855
  • Callithamnion callithamnioides (A.B.Joly & Ugadim) M.J.Wynne, 2005
  • Callithamnion catalinense E.Y.Dawson, 1962
  • Callithamnion caulescens (J.Agardh) Womersley, 1998
  • Callithamnion circinnatum Womersley, 1998
  • Callithamnion codicola Grunow
  • Callithamnion colensoi Harvey, 1855
  • Callithamnion collabens (Rudolphi) L.McIvor & Maggs, 2002[9]
  • Callithamnion compactum E.Y.Dawson, 1962
  • Callithamnion confertum Womersley, 1998
  • Callithamnion consanguineum Harvey, 1855
  • Callithamnion corymbosum (Smith) Lyngbye, 1819
  • Callithamnion crispulum Harvey, 1855
  • Callithamnion cryptopterum Kützing, 1849
  • Callithamnion dasytrichum Montagne
  • Callithamnion debile Harvey, 1855
  • Callithamnion ecuadoreanum W.R.Taylor, 1945
  • Callithamnion ellipticum Montagne, 1841
  • Callithamnion elongellum Zanardini, 1846
  • Callithamnion epiphyticum W.R.Taylor, 1945
  • Callithamnion exiguum Stegenga, Bolton & R.J.Anderson, 1997
  • Callithamnion fallax P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1867
  • Callithamnion flabellatum A.C.Brown & N.Jarman
  • Callithamnion flagellare Zanardini
  • Callithamnion gaudichaudii C.Agardh, 1828
  • Callithamnion gracile J.D.Hooker & Harvey, 1845
  • Callithamnion grande J.Agardh, 1842
  • Callithamnion granulatum (Ducluzeau) C.Agardh, 1828
  • Callithamnion griffithsioides (J.Agardh) H.B.S.Womersley, 1998
  • Callithamnion hamelii Nasr, 1941
  • Callithamnion hirtellum Zanardini, 1846
  • Callithamnion hypneae P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1865
  • Callithamnion implicatum (Kützing) J.Agardh, 1851
  • Callithamnion japonicum Noda, 1971
  • Callithamnion kirillianum A.D.Zinova & Zaberzhinskaya, 1968
  • Callithamnion korffense A.J.K.Millar, 1990
  • Callithamnion lanceolatum (Derbès) Bertoloni
  • Callithamnion larcinum Harvey, 1855
  • Callithamnion lasioides Reinsch, 1875
  • Callithamnion marshallense E.Y.Dawson, 1957
  • Callithamnion mildbraedii Pilger, 1920
  • Callithamnion montagnei J.D.Hooker, 1847
  • Callithamnion mytili Schousboe
  • Callithamnion nipponicum Noda, 1971
  • Callithamnion octosporum C.Agardh, 1828
  • Callithamnion pacificum W.R.Taylor, 1945
  • Callithamnion parvulum P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1867
  • Callithamnion paschale Børgesen, 1924
  • Callithamnion pedicellatum C.Agardh, 1828
  • Callithamnion pennula Grunow, 1868
  • Callithamnion perpusillum P.C.Silva, 1996
  • Callithamnion pikeanum Harvey, 1853
  • Callithamnion pinastroides
  • Callithamnion pinnatum Womersley, 1998
  • Callithamnion planum Montagne, 1837
  • Callithamnion plumulum
  • Callithamnion propebyssoides Womersley, 1998
  • Callithamnion puniceum Harvey, 1855
  • Callithamnion purpuriferum Harvey, 1838
  • Callithamnion pylaisaeanum Montagne
  • Callithamnion ramosissimum N.L.Gardner, 1927
  • Callithamnion reductum Baardseth, 1941
  • Callithamnion rigescens Zanardini
  • Callithamnion roseum Harvey, 1849[7]
  • Callithamnion rupicola C.L.Anderson, 1894
  • Callithamnion rupinicola C.L.Anderson, 1894
  • Callithamnion semicorticatum Baardseth, 1941
  • Callithamnion shepherdii Womersley, 1998
  • Callithamnion soccoriense W.R.Taylor, 1945
  • Callithamnion spinuliferum Ardissone, 1888
  • Callithamnion stuposum Suhr, 1840
  • Callithamnion subsecundum Grunow, 1889
  • Callithamnion subverticillatum Zanardini
  • Callithamnion tetragonum (Withering) S.F.Gray, 1821
  • Callithamnion tetricum (Dillwyn) S.F.Gray, 1821
  • Callithamnion unilaterale Zanardini, 1846
  • Callithamnion variegatum Suhr, 1840
  • Callithamnion veleroae E.Y.Dawson, 1944
  • Callithamnion vieillardii Kützing, 1863
  • Callithamnion violaceum Harvey, 1859

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e "Callithamnion Lyngbye, 1819 :: Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  3. ^ Feldmann-Mazoyer, G. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae (in Latin). Hafniae, typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.
  4. ^ "Callithamnion Lyngbye, 1819". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  5. ^ Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (1887), p. 161, at Google Books
  6. ^ "Genus: Callithamnion". bie.ala.org.au. Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  7. ^ a b Spencer, Kenneth G.; Yu, Myeong-Hee; West, John A.; Glazer, Alexander N. (1 December 1981). "Phycoerythrin and interfertility patterns in Callithamnion (Rhodophyta) isolates". British Phycological Journal. 16 (4): 331–343. doi:10.1080/00071618100650351.
  8. ^ a b Whittick, Alan (1981). "Culture and field studies on Callithamnion hookeri (Dillw.) S. F. Gray (Rhodophyta: Ceramiaceae) from Newfoundland". British Phycological Journal. 16 (3): 289–295. doi:10.1080/00071618100650311.
  9. ^ a b "South African Seaweeds - south coast". southafrseaweeds.uct.ac.za. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  10. ^ Reddy, Maggie M.; Stegenga, Herre; Anderson, Robert J.; Bolton, John J. (6 October 2020). "An updated species inventory of Callithamnion sensu lato Rhodophyta, Callithamniaceae in South Africa with the description of Callithamnion africanum sp. nov". Phytotaxa. 461 (3). doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.461.3.1.
  11. ^ Carl Nägeli, 1861, Beiträge zur Morphologie und Systematik des Ceramiaceae. Sber. bayer. Akad. Wiss. Jb. 1861, Vol. 1, pp. 297–415, Plate 1.
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