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

Callithamnion corymbosum (Smith) Lyngbye, 1819

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Callithamnion*	Lyngbye, 1819	accepted genus name
*Phlebothamnion*	Kützing, 1843	synonym

Species group names

*Callithamnion versicolor*	(C.Agardh) C.Agardh, 1828	synonym
*Ceramium versicolor*	C.Agardh, 1824	synonym
*Conferva corymbosa*	Smith, 1812	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: tæt rødsky sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Schönstrauchalge sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Japanese: オイワケキヌイトグサ 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: gaffelgreinet havpryd sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: gaffelgreina havpryd sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: gaffeldun

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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Sears, J.R. (ed.). 1998. NEAS keys to the benthic marine algae of the northeastern coast of North America from Long Island Sound to the Strait of Belle Isle. Northeast Algal Society. 163 p.
additional source	Fredericq, S., T. O. Cho, S. A. Earle, C. F. Gurgel, D. M. Krayesky, L. E. Mateo-Cid, A. C. Mendoza-González, J. N. Norris, and A. M. Suárez. 2009. Seaweeds of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 187–259 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. I. Biodiversity, pp. 187-259. Texas A&M Univ. Press.
additional source	South, G. R.;Tittley, I. (1986). A checklist and distributional index of the benthic marine algae of the North Atlantic Ocean. untsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, New Brunswick. 1-76.
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	Yamada, Y. (1928). Report of the biological survey of Mutsu Bay. 9. Marine algae of Mutsu Bay and adjacent waters. II. The Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Fourth series, Biology. 3: 497-534.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

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 corymbosum (Smith) 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:144526