Sporolithon timorense (Foslie) P.C.Silva 1987
Publication Details
Sporolithon timorense (Foslie) P.C.Silva 1987: 39
Published in: Silva, P.C., Meñez, E.G. & Moe, R.L. (1987). Catalog of the benthic marine algae of the Philippines. Smithsonian Contributions to Marine Sciences 27: [i-ii] iii-iv, 1-179, 2 figs, 1 table.
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The type species (holotype) of the genus Sporolithon is Sporolithon ptychoides Heydrich.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Archaeolithothamnion timorense Foslie
Type Information
Lectotype locality: Pulau Sailus-besar, Paternoster Islands (Kepulauan Tengah), Indonesia; (Silva & al. 1996: 278) Lectotype: A. Weber-van Bosse; 17-18.ii.1900; no habitat data on type; L; 935.207-13 (Woelkerling 1998: 287) Notes: This type locality was first recorded by Adey & Lebednik (1967: 85) and Verheij & Woelkerling (1992: 288).
Paratype: PC, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym. Isolectotype at TRH C19-3433.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 01 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 September 2023
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 September 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
