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

Codium fragile (Suringar) Hariot, 1889 subsp. fragile

Rank: Subspecies
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Codium*	Stackhouse, 1797	accepted genus name
*Lamarckia*	G.Olivi, 1792	synonym

Subspecies group names

*Codium fragile subsp. tomentosoides*	(van Goor) P.C.Silva, 1955	synonym
*Codium mucronatum var. tomentosoides*	van Goor, 1923	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: vertakt viltwier

English: dead man's finger; green fleece; green sea fingers; oyster thief; sputnik weed

Literature

basis of record	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
additional source	Marchini, A., J. Ferrario, A. Sfriso & A. Occhipinti-Ambrogi. (2015). Current status and trends of biological invasions in the Lagoon of Venice, a hotspot of marine NIS introductions in the Mediterranean Sea. Biological Invasions. 17:2943–2962.
additional source	Verlaque, M.; Ruitton, S.; Mineur, F.; Boudouresque, C.-F. (2007). CIESM Atlas of Exotic Macrophytes in the Mediterranean Sea. Rapport de la Commission de l'Exploration de la mer Méditerranée, Monaco. 38.
additional source	Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A., A. Marchini, G. Cantone, A. Castelli, C. Chimenz, M. Cormaci, C. Froglia, G. Furnari, M.C. Gambi, G. Giaccone, A. Giangrande, C. Gravil, F. Mastrototaro, C. Mazziotti, L. Orsi-Relini & S. Piraino. (2010). Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview. Biological Invasions. 13(1): 215-237.
new combination reference	Hariot, P. (1889). Algues. Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn. 1882-1883. Tome V. Botanique. Cryptogamie. 5: 3-109.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

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 fragile subsp. fragile (Suringar) Hariot, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370562