Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Chlorophyta > Class Ulvophyceae > Order Bryopsidales > Family Codiaceae > Genus Codium

Codium tomentosum Stackhouse, 1797

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Codium*	Stackhouse, 1797	accepted genus name
*Flabellia*	Reichenbach, 1841	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: viltwie sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: velvet horn sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Velvet Horn sources: Charles Hussey

French: algue feutrée dichotome

Literature

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
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.
additional source	Silva, C., P. Basson & R. Moe (1996). Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Volume 79 of University of California Publications in Botany (ISBN 0-520-09810-2).
additional source	Algaebase

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
Barcode of Life
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (356 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Guiry, Michael D. (2014). Codium tomentosum Stackhouse, 1797. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2014). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145092