Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Division Chlorophyta > Subdivision Chlorophytina > Class Ulvophyceae > Order Bryopsidales > Family Codiaceae

Codium Stackhouse, 1797

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lamarckia*	G.Olivi, 1792	synonym

Children

Codium adhaerens C.Agardh, 1822
Codium arabicum Kützing, 1856
Codium bursa (Olivi) C.Agardh, 1817
Codium carolinianum Searles, 1972
Codium cattaniae Vouk, 1936
Codium convolutum (Dellow) P.C.Silva, 1962
Codium coralloides (Kützing) P.C.Silva, 1960
Codium decorticatum (Woodward) M.A.Howe, 1911
Codium effusum (Rafinesque) Delle Chiaje, 1829
Codium elisabethiae O.C.Schmidt, 1929
Codium fragile (Suringar) Hariot, 1889
Codium guineënse P.C.Silva ex G.W.Lawson & D.M.John, 1982
Codium intertextum Collins & Hervey, 1917
Codium lucasii Setchell, 1935
Codium mucronatum
Codium repens P.Crouan & H.Crouan, 1905
Codium taylorii P.C.Silva, 1960
Codium tomentosum Stackhouse, 1797
Codium vermilara (Olivi) Delle Chiaje, 1829

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ミル属

Literature

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

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

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. 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:143999