Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Biliphyta > Division Rhodophyta > Subdivision Eurhodophytina > Class Florideophyceae > Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae > Order Ceramiales > Family Ceramiaceae > Subfamily Ceramioideae > Tribe Ceramieae

Ceramium Roth, 1797

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Acanthoceras Kützing, 1842 synonym
Gongroceras Kützing, 1841 synonym
Hormoceras Kützing, 1841 synonym

Children

Ceramium abyssale Petersen, 1924
Ceramium arborescens J.Agardh, 1894
Ceramium arcticum J.Agardh, 1894
Ceramium areschougii Kylin, 1907
Ceramium atlanticum H.E.Petersen, 1911
Ceramium barbatum Kützing, 1842
Ceramium bertholdii Funk, 1922
Ceramium boergesenii H.E.Petersen, 1911
Ceramium botryocarpum A.W.Griffiths ex Harvey, 1848
Ceramium brevizonatum H.E.Petersen, 1918
Ceramium callipterum Mazoyer, 1938
Ceramium ciliatum (J.Ellis) Ducluzeau, 1806
Ceramium cimbricum H.E.Petersen, 1924
Ceramium cingulatum Weber Bosse, 1923
Ceramium circinatum (Kützing) J.Agardh, 1851
Ceramium crouanianum J.Agardh, 1894
Ceramium danicum Petersen, 1924
Ceramium derbesii Solier ex Kützing, 1847
Ceramium deslongchampsii Chauvin ex Duby, 1830
Ceramium diaphanum (Lightfoot) Roth, 1806
Ceramium echionotum J.Agardh, 1844
Ceramium fosliei (Petersen) Petersen, 1935
Ceramium furcatum (Petersen) Petersen, 1925
Ceramium gaditanum (Clemente) Cremades, 1990
Ceramium giacconei Cormaci & G.Furnari, 1991
Ceramium glandulosum (Solander ex Turner) Barros-Barreto & Maggs, 2023
Ceramium graecum Lazaridou & Boudouresque, 1992
Ceramium hellenicum Giaccone, 1968
Ceramium incospicuum Zanardini, 1840
Ceramium leptocladum Schiffner, 1933
Ceramium pallidum (Kützing) Maggs & Hommersand, 1993
Ceramium pedicellatum (Duby) J.Agardh
Ceramium penicillatum Areschoug, 1849
Ceramium petitii G.Feldmann, 1954
Ceramium pleurosporum Schiffner, 1938
Ceramium pseudostrictum Schiffner, 1938
Ceramium rescissum Kylin, 1907
Ceramium secundatum Lyngbye, 1819
Ceramium septentrionale Petersen, 1911
Ceramium shuttleworthianum (Kützing) Rabenhorst, 1847
Ceramium siliquosum (Kützing) Maggs & Hommersand, 1993
Ceramium spinosopilosum Kützing, 1863
Ceramium strictum Greville & Harvey, 1846
Ceramium strobiliforme G.W.Lawson & D.M.John, 1982
Ceramium tenue (J.Agardh) J.Agardh, 1894
Ceramium tenuicorne (Kützing) Waern, 1952
Ceramium vatovai Schiffner, 1938
Ceramium virgatum J.D.Hooker & Harvey, 1848
Ceramium virgatum Roth, 1797

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: hoorntjeswier sources: Oosterbaan, A. (2003). Strandgids: veldgids voor het Noordzeestrand [Beach guide: field guide for the North Sea coast]. EcoMare, centrum voor wadden en Noordzee: Texel, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-75318-15-4. 65 pp.
 Japanese: イギス属 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Norwegian Bokmål: rekeklo (slekt) sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: rekeklo (slekt)

Literature

original description

Roth, A.W. (1797). Catalecta Botanica (Quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur). Fasc. 1. Lipseae. 244 pp., 8 pls.

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

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.

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.

Genbank

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Taxonomy

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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). Ceramium Roth, 1797. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:143834

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, brackish

Importance

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2018-12-17 by Michael D. Guiry

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