Lithothamnion rubrum f. corallioides (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Heydrich 1911

Lithothamnion corallioides (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) P.Crouan & H.Crouan

Current name: Lithothamnion corallioides (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) P.Crouan & H.Crouan
Trá an Dóilín, An Cheathrú Rua, Co. na Gaillimhe; low water - 08 March 2008. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Lithothamnion rubrum f. corallioides (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Heydrich 1911: 29 (as 'coralloides')

Published in: Heydrich, F. (1911). Die Lithothamnien von Roscoff. Berichte der deutsche botanischen Gesellschaft 29: 26-32, 1 plate.

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

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lithothamnion corallioides (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) P.Crouan & H.Crouan.

Basionym
Spongites corallioides P.Crouan & H.Crouan

Type Information
Type locality: Rade de Brest, Finistère, Bretagne, France; (Woelkerling 1998: 391) Neotype: collector not indicated but like to be P.L. & H.M. Crouan; date not indicated; no habitat data on type; BM; Algues marines du Finistère, No. 242 (Irvine & Chamberlain 1994: 180) Notes: Isoneotypes: PC, Algues marines du Finistere no. 242, Thuret-Bornet Herbarium (algal fascicle 131, filed under Lithothamnion), includes printed label; PC, Algues marines du Finistere no. 242, Cryptogamic Library in the seperately preserved exsiccata, includes printed label; PC, no. 242, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym) (Woelkerling, 1993: 390).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), red (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 05 April 2017 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 05 April 2017

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