Metagoniolithon gallioides (Lamarck) Ducker, nom. inval. 1974

Publication Details
Metagoniolithon gallioides (Lamarck) Ducker, nom. inval. 1974: A37

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Metagoniolithon is Metagoniolithon charoides (J.V.Lamouroux) Weber Bosse.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Metagoniolithon chara (Lamarck) Ducker.

Source of Synonymy
Ducker, S.C. (1979). The genus Metagoniolithon Weber-van Bosse (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 27: 67-101, 15 figs.

Basionym
Corallina gallioides Lamarck

Type Information
Type locality: "Habite. les mers Australes ou de la Nouvelle-Hollande. Péron et Lesueur."; (Lamarck 1815: 240) Type: PC?;

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 07 November 2001 by Olivia Fitzgerald.

Last updated: 14 January 2016

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Nomenclatural note
Published, without citation of the basionym, in an abstract (see INA). Included in the synonymy of Metagoniolithon chara (Lamarck) Ducker by Ducker (1979: 88) with a question mark. - (22 November 2015) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 January 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 June 2025