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

Pterothamnion Nägeli, 1855

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Pterothamnion crispum (Ducluzeau) Nägeli, 1862
Pterothamnion plumula (J.Ellis) Nägeli, 1855
Pterothamnion polyacanthum (Kützing) Nägeli, 1862
Pterothamnion spinescens (Strömfelt) Athanasiadis, 1996

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): havdun (slekt) sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: havdun (slekt) sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: havdun (slekt)

Norwegian Nynorsk: havdun (slekt)

Nynorsk (Norwegian): havdun (slekt)

Literature

original description	Nägeli, C. & Cramer, C. (1858). Die Stärkekörner: Morphologische, physiologische, chemisch-physicalische und systematisch-botanische Monographie. Pflanzenphysiologische Untersuchungen. 2. Heft. pp. [i]-x, [1]-623, pls XI-XXVI. Zürich: bei Fredrich Schultness.
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	Algaebase
additional source	Silva, C., P. Basson & R. Moe (1996). Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Volume 79 of University of California Publications in Botany (ISBN 0-520-09810-2).

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

External Links

GenBank
GBIF

Citation

Guiry, Michael D. (2014). Pterothamnion Nägeli, 1855. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2014). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:143856