Pseudolithophyllum muricatum (Foslie) Steneck & R.T.Paine 1986

Publication Details
Pseudolithophyllum muricatum (Foslie) Steneck & R.T.Paine 1986: 224

Published in: Steneck, R.S. & Paine, R.T. (1986). Ecological and taxonomic studies of shallow-water encrusting Corallinaceae (Rhodophyta) of the boreal northeastern Pacific. Phycologia 25(2): 221-240.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Pseudolithophyllum is Pseudolithophyllum fuegianum (Heydrich) M.L.Mendoza & Cabioch.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Crusticorallina muricata (Foslie) P.W.Gabrielson, Martone, K.R.Hind & C.P.Jensen.

Basionym
Phymatolithon muricatum Foslie

Type Information
Type locality: Botany Beach, near Port Renfrew, Vancouver I., BC, Canada; (Hind et al. 2016: 934) Type: K. Yendo; 6.vii.1901; TRH; (Index Nominum Algarum) Notes: Lectotype: UC 341316 (specimen D), Yendo, June 1901 (Steneck & Paine, 1986: 224, figs 5, 8).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), covered wiith short, hard points.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 31 March 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 22 January 2017

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 January 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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