AlgaeTraits - Codium Stackhouse, 1797

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Codium Stackhouse, 1797

Codium tomentosum

AphiaID

143999 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:143999)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Codium tomentosum Stackhouse, 1797

Parent

Codiaceae Kützing, 1843

Direct children (21)

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Species Codium adhaerens C.Agardh, 1822
Species Codium arabicum Kützing, 1856
Species Codium bursa (Olivi) C.Agardh, 1817
Species Codium carolinianum Searles, 1972
Species Codium convolutum (Dellow) P.C.Silva, 1962
Species Codium coralloides (Kützing) P.C.Silva, 1960
Species Codium decorticatum (Woodward) M.A.Howe, 1911
Species Codium effusum (Rafinesque) Delle Chiaje, 1829
Species Codium elisabethiae O.C.Schmidt, 1929
Species Codium fragile (Suringar) Hariot, 1889
Species Codium guineënse P.C.Silva ex G.W.Lawson & D.M.John, 1982
Species Codium intertextum Collins & Hervey, 1917
Species Codium lucasii Setchell, 1935
Species Codium profundum P.C.Silva & M.E.Chacana, 2010
Species Codium repens P.Crouan & H.Crouan, 1905
Species Codium taylorii P.C.Silva, 1960
Species Codium tomentosum Stackhouse, 1797
Species Codium vermilara (Olivi) Delle Chiaje, 1829
Species Codium dichotomum S.F.Gray, 1821 accepted as Codium tomentosum Stackhouse, 1797 (synonym)
Species Codium guineense P.C.Silva accepted as Codium guineënse P.C.Silva ex G.W.Lawson & D.M.John, 1982
Species Codium cattaniae Vouk, 1936 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine

Original description

Stackhouse, J. (1797). Nereis britannica, continens species omnes fucorum in insulis Britannicis crescentium, descriptione latina et anglica, necnon iconibus ad vivum depictis: 2. [Nereis britannica, containing all the species of fuci, natives of the British coasts: with a description in English and Latin, and plates coloured from nature]. S. Hazard: Bath, UK. ix-xxiv, 31-70 pp., available online at http://img.algaebase.org/pdf/8CCB0C0302ef117257rP7701F495/17592.pdf
page(s): XVI - XVII [details]

Descriptive notes

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8413

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8413 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Codium Stackhouse, 1797. Accessed through: AlgaeTraits eds. (2025) AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds at: https://algaetraits.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=143999 on 2025-09-12

Thematic species database citation

AlgaeTraits eds. (2025). AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds. Codium Stackhouse, 1797. Accessed at: https://www.algaetraits.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=143999 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Guiry, Michael D.

2012-07-04 13:40:04Z

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Guiry, Michael D.

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original description Stackhouse, J. (1797). Nereis britannica, continens species omnes fucorum in insulis Britannicis crescentium, descriptione latina et anglica, necnon iconibus ad vivum depictis: 2. [Nereis britannica, containing all the species of fuci, natives of the British coasts: with a description in English and Latin, and plates coloured from nature]. S. Hazard: Bath, UK. ix-xxiv, 31-70 pp., available online at http://img.algaebase.org/pdf/8CCB0C0302ef117257rP7701F495/17592.pdf
page(s): XVI - XVII [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 Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany. 79: 1-1259., available online at https://books.google.be/books?hl=pt-PT&lr=&id=vtBdDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=Catalogue+of+the+benthic+marine+algae+of+the+Indian+Ocean&ots=FL-YOKu8Cx&sig=3PmT926F1rNHQTf1AhDeY-ztmu4#v=onepage&q=Catalogue%20of%20the%20benthic%20marine%20algae%20of%20the%20 [details]

additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]