Lithothamnion controversum Lemoine

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Corallinophycidae
Order Corallinales
Family Hapalidiaceae
Subfamily Melobesioideae
Genus Lithothamnion

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Publication details
Lithothamnion controversum Lemoine 1934: 275, fig. 4

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Lithothamnion is Lithothamnion muelleri Lenormand ex Rosanoff.

Fossil
This is a fossil species seemingly without extant populations.

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

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Type locality: Carpathians: valley of the Váh: near village of Hricovské Podhradie to the W. Zilina (Eocene) (Silva 1996-to date). Type: D. Andrusov; plaques # 11, 39 (Silva 1996-to date

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=Lithothamnion&species=controversum

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=Lithothamnion&Species=controversum

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 05 October 2012 by Wendy Guiry

Verified by: 05 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 23 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:112437