Lithophyllum trochanter (Bory) H.Huvé ex Woelkerling 1998

Current name: Titanoderma trochanter (Bory) Benhissoune, Boudouresque, Perret-Boudouresque & VerlaqueMirella Coppola di Canzano (mirella.coppoladicanzano@fastwebnet.it)

Publication Details
Lithophyllum trochanter (Bory) H.Huvé ex Woelkerling 1998: 259

Published in: Woelkerling, W.J. (1998). Lamarck's nullipores. In: Non-geniculate Coralline Red Algae and the Paris Muséum: Systematics and Scientific History. (Woelkerling, W.J. & Lamy, D. Eds), pp. 243-278. Paris: Publications Scientifiques du Muséum/A.D.A.C.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Lithophyllum is Lithophyllum incrustans Philippi.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Titanoderma trochanter (Bory) Benhissoune, Boudouresque, Perret-Boudouresque & Verlaque.

Source of Synonymy
Bressan, G. & Cabioch, J. (2004). Titanoderma trochanter (Bory) Benhissoume, Boudouresque, Perret-Boudouresque et Verlaque, et Titanoderma ramosissimum Heydrich) comb. nov. (Corallinales, Rhodophytes), une rédefinition. Cahiers Biologie Marine 45: 225-242, 7 figs, 1 Table.

Basionym
Nullipora trochanter Bory

Type Information
Type locality: Greece; (Woelkerling 1998: 385) Lectotype: collector not indicated; date not indicated; PC; unnumbered, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym) (Woelkerling 1998: 385) Notes: Isolectotypes: PC, unnumbered, Thuret-Bornet Herbarium (box collection, filed under Goniolithon byssoides); PC, unnumbered, General Herbarium (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet affixed to a herbarium sheet); TRH, unnumbered, includes slide 526.

Eponomy
"the specific epithet honours Dr Woelkerling for his significant contribution to the knowledge of Corallinales."

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 05 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 20 December 2017

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Nomenclatural note
The combination Lithophyllum trochanter proposed by Huvé (1963: 150), is invalid since the basionym was not cited (Art. 33.2 of I.C.B.N., Greuter et al., 1994). Woelkerling (1998: 259) validated the combination. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
According to Babbini & Bressan (1997) this species is a synonym of Titanoderma byssoides var. trochanter (Bory) Babbini & Bressan. Furnari et al. (2003) note that Goniolithon byssoides (Lamarck) Foslie, Titanoderma byssoides (Lamarck) Chamberlain & Woelkerling and Lithothamnion byssoides (Lamarck) Philippi are homotypic synonyms of Lithophyllum byssoides, a species distinct from L. trochanter. However, they consider that Italian records with the specific epithet “byssoides” published before Wolkerling’s (1998) paper, should be referred to L. trochanter. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 December 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 31 May 2025