| Codium | |
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| Codium spongiosum off the Réunion coast | |
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | UTC clade |
| Order: | Bryopsidales |
| Family: | Codiaceae |
| Genus: | Codium Stackhouse, 1797 |
| Type species | |
| Codium tomentosum Stackhouse, 1797
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Codium is a genus of edible green macroalgae (or seaweed) under the order Bryopsidales. The genus name is derived from a Greek word that pertains to the soft texture of its thallus. One of the foremost experts on Codium taxonomy was Paul Claude Silva at the University of California, Berkeley.[1][2] Silva was able to describe 36 species for the genus, and in honor of his work on Codium,[1] the species C. silvae was named after the late professor.[3]
- ^ a b Moe, R. (2019). "In Memoriam: Paul Claude Silva (31 October 1922–12 June 2014)". Phycologia. 54 (1): 89–94. doi:10.2216/14-111R1.1. S2CID 86361100.
- ^ C. van den Hoek; D. G. Mann; M. H. Jahns (1995). Algae: An Introduction to Phycology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-30419-1.
- ^ Womersley, H. B. S. (1984). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part I. Adelaide, South Australia: Handbooks Committee of South Australian Government. p. 329. ISBN 0-7243-4552-3.