Pseudolithophyllum racemus (Lamarck) M.L.Mendoza & Cabioch 1984
Current name:
Lithophyllum racemus (Lamarck) Foslie
MediterraneanMirella Coppola di Canzano (mirella.coppoladicanzano@fastwebnet.it)
Publication Details
Pseudolithophyllum racemus (Lamarck) M.L.Mendoza & Cabioch 1984: 145
Published in: Mendoza, M.L. & Cabioch, J. (1984). Redefinition compaéce de deux espèces de Corallinacées d'Argentine: Pseudolithophyllum fuegianum (Heydrich) comb. nov. et Hydrolithon discoideum (Foslie) comb. nov. Cryptogamie Algologie 5(4): 141-154, 2 pls.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Pseudolithophyllum is Pseudolithophyllum fuegianum (Heydrich) M.L.Mendoza & Cabioch.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lithophyllum racemus (Lamarck) Foslie.
Source of Synonymy
Basso, D., Fravega, P. & Vanucci, G. (1996). Fossil and living corallinaceans related to the Mediterranean endemic species Lithophyllum racemus (Lamarck) Foslie. Facies 35: 275-292, pls 63-67.
Basionym
Millepora racemus Lamarck
Type Information
Type locality: Capri Island (Gulf of Naples, Tyrrhenian Sea, western Mediterranean); (Caragnano et al. 2020: 586) Neotype: MPUM; 7507 (Basso, Fravega & Vanucci 1996: 278) Notes: Currently dposited in the Herbarium Universitatis Florentinae, Natural History Museum (Florence, Italy, FI: neotype FI 058887, isoneotype FI055888 (Caragnano et al., 2020: 586). Type locality: "les mers de la Guiane?"; Collector: Turgot (INA).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 20 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 31 December 2019
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Nomenclatural note
INA: "cited basionym as being published in 2nd ed. p. 311 (1836); treat as bibliographic error."
- (31 December 2019) - M.D. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 December 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 31 May 2025
