Perispermon Heydrich, 1900

Holotype species: Perispermon hermaphroditum Heydrich

Currently accepted name for the type species: Lithophyllum hermaphroditum (Heydrich) Woelkerling

Original publication and holotype designation: Heydrich, F. (1900). Weitere Ausbau des Corallineensystems. Berichte der deutsche botanischen Gesellschaft 18: 310-317.

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Precise date of publication: 28 August 1900 (see Woelkerling & Lamy 1998: 680 for details).

Description: No description is provided at this time as the genus is currently referred to synonymy.

Information kindly contributed by Wm. J. Woelkerling but may now be outdated.

Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lithophyllum.

Comments: Woelkerling (1991) concluded from a detailed study of the lectotype specimen (TRH A4-183; see Woelkerling et. al. 2005: 45-6) that Perispermon hermaphroditum, the type species of Perispermon, belongs to Lithophyllum (Family Corallinaceae). Consequently, Perispermon is treated as a heterotypic synonym of Lithophyllum. The status of L. hermaphroditum as a distinct species within Lithophyllum remains unresolved (Woelkerling 1991), but this does not alter the present status of the genus as a heterotypic synonym.

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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