Lithothamnion polymorphum f. sublaeve A.D.Zinova 1955

Publication Details
Lithothamnion polymorphum f. sublaeve A.D.Zinova 1955: 81

Published in: Zinova, A.D. (1955). Opredelitel' krasnykh vodorosley severnykh morey SSSR [Manual for identification of the red algae of the northern seas of the USSR]. Vol. 2 pp. 220, 169 figures. Moscow & Leningrad: Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. [in Russian]

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Publication date: 1955

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 Phymatolithon purpureum (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Woelkerling & L.M.Irvine.

Source of Synonymy
Jeong, S.Y., Won, B.Y., Hassel, K. & Cho, T.O. (2019). Revision of Phymatolithon purpureum (Hapalidiales, Rhodophyta) based on ultrastructural and molecular data. European Journal of Phycology 54(3): 326-341.

Basionym
Phymatolithon polymorphum f. sublaeve Foslie

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), polymorphous, polymorphic; variable in form (Brown 1954).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 10 May 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 21 November 2019

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Nomenclatural note
Supposed basionym, Phymatolithon poymorphum f. sublaeve Foslie, 1905, is illegiitmate. - (03 October 2017) - M.D. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 November 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 31 May 2025

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