Lithophyllum simplex Lemoine

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Corallinophycidae
Order Corallinales
Family Corallinaceae
Subfamily Lithophylloideae
Genus Lithophyllum

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Publication details
Lithophyllum simplex Lemoine 1928: 548-549, fig. 4

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Lithophyllum is Lithophyllum incrustans Philippi.

Fossil
This is a fossil species seemingly without extant populations.

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), simple, undivided, unbranched, of one piece or series, not consisting of several distinct parts (Stearn 1973).

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Lectotype locality: Montagne de Veyrier (late Eocene) (Aguirre et al. 2012: 317). Lectotype: PC one rock sample and one thin section in box 48-1/116 (Aguirre et al. 2012: 317, figs 31, 35-37). Notes: Lemoine (1928a) based L. simplex on late Eocene material from Montagne de Veyrier and from Priabonian of Calvaire de Thones but did not designate a holotype. [Nummulitique de Catalogne (Spain); San Genesio, Italy (INA)].

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Lithophyllum simplex Lemoine)
Europe: France (Aguirre et al. 2012).

Taxonomic notes
According to Aguirre et al. (2012), this is a taxon of uncertain family and genus placement. - (4 Oct 2012) - Wendy Guiry

Nomenclatural notes
Date in INA is 1927 - (4 Oct 2012) - Wendy Guiry

Source of synonymy
Aguirre, J., Braga, J.C., de Reviers, B. & Woelkerling, W.J. (2012). Reassessment of Lemoine's newly discovered types of fossil corallines (Corallinales, Rhodphyta) preserved at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris. Cryptogamie Algologie 33(3): 289-326.

Key references
Silva, P.C. (1996-to date). Index Nominum Algarum, University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/INA.html. Updated continuously. ..

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Lithophyllum&species=simplex

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Lithophyllum&Species=simplex

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 04 October 2012 by Wendy Guiry

Verified by: 04 October 2012 by Wendy Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Wendy Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:112325