Lithothamnion scutelloides Heydrich 1900

Publication Details
Lithothamnion scutelloides Heydrich 1900: 563

Published in: Heydrich, F. (1900). Les Lithothamniées de l'Expédition Antarctique. Bulletin de la Classes des Sciences de l'Académie royale de Belgique 1900: 560-566.

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 Orthocarpa magellanica (Foslie) Athanasiadis & D.L.Ballantine.

Type Information
Type locality: Gulf of St. Jean, Staten Island, Tierra del Fuego Archipelago, Argentina; (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 473) Holotype: Racovitza; 8.i.1898; no habitat data on type fragments at TRH; BR; Racovitza collection 186 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 473) Notes: Holotype fragments at TRH C18-3366 (Woelkering et al. 2005: 474).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 28 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 26 February 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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