Lithophyllum daedaleum Foslie & M.Howe 1906
Publication Details
Lithophyllum daedaleum Foslie & M.Howe 1906: 133
Published in: Foslie, M. & Howe, M.A. (1906). New American coralline algae. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden 4: 128-136, pls 80-93.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Lithophyllum is Lithophyllum incrustans Philippi.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lithophyllum kaiseri (Heydrich) Heydrich.
Source of Synonymy
Hernandez-Kantun, J.J., Gabrielson, P., Hughey, J.R., Pezzolesi, L., Rindio, F., Robinson, N.M., Peña, V., Riosmena-Rodriguez, R., Le Gall, L. & Adey, W. (2016). Reassessment of branched Lithophyllum spp. (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in the Caribbean Sea with global implications. Phycologia 55(6): 619-639.
Type Information
Type locality: Salinas Bay, near Guáncia, Puerto Rico; (Woelkerling 1998: 309) Holotype: M.A. Howe; 29.vi.1903; NY; Howe no. 2676 (Woelkerling 1998: 309) Notes: Isotypes: PC, Howe no. 2676, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym); L, 942.360-60; TRH, Howe no. 2676, includes one slide also numbered 2676.
Paratype: PC, Howe no. 2193, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 16 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 29 May 2025
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 May 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 June 2025
