Lithothamnion calcareum f. corallioides (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Foslie 1905
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 calcareum f. corallioides (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Foslie 1905: 68 (as 'coralloides')
Published in: Foslie, M. (1905). Remarks on northern lithothamnia. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1905(3): 1-138.
Publication date: between 25.viii.1905 and 30.iv.1906
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), chalky, limy (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 22 April 2000 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 April 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 April 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024