Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Biliphyta > Division Rhodophyta > Subdivision Eurhodophytina > Class Florideophyceae > Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae > Order Ceramiales > Family Callithamniaceae > Subfamily Callithamnioideae > Tribe Callithamnieae

Callithamnion Lyngbye, 1819

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phlebothamnion*	Kützing, 1843	synonym

Children

Callithamnion corymbosum (Smith) Lyngbye, 1819
Callithamnion ellipticum Montagne, 1841
Callithamnion granulatum (Ducluzeau) C.Agardh, 1828
Callithamnion tetragonum (Stackhouse) S.F.Gray, 1821
Callithamnion tetricum (Dillwyn) S.F.Gray, 1821

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: カリタムニオン属

Literature

original description	Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen Hydrophytologiae Danicae Continens omnia Hydrophyta Cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, Systematice Disposita, Descripta et iconibus illustrata, Adjectis Simul Speciebus Norvegicis. Hafniae., 248 pp., 70 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

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). Callithamnion Lyngbye, 1819. 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:143832