Paragoniolithon conicum (E.Y.Dawson) W.H.Adey, R.A.Townsend & Boykins 1982
Current name:
Dawsoniolithon conicum (E.Y.Dawson) Caragnano, Foetisch, Maneveldt & Payri
Hawaii; trichocyte fields (black arrow) and conceptacles (white arrow); scale 300 µm - 12 August 2011. J.M. Huisman
Publication Details
Paragoniolithon conicum (E.Y.Dawson) W.H.Adey, R.A.Townsend & Boykins 1982: 13, fig. 6
Published in: Adey, W.H., Townsend, R.A. & Boykins, W.T. (1982). The crustose coralline algae (Rhodophyta: Corallinaceae) of the Hawaiian Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences 15: [1]-iv, [1]-74, 47 figs.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Paragoniolithon is Paragoniolithon solubile (Foslie & M.Howe) W.H.Adey, R.A.Townsend & Boykins.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Dawsoniolithon conicum (E.Y.Dawson) Caragnano, Foetisch, Maneveldt & Payri.
Basionym
Hydrolithon conicum E.Y.Dawson
Type Information
Type locality: "Intertidal reef at Binner Cove, Isla Socorro, Revillagigedo Archipelago" [Mexico]; (Dawson 1960: 28) Type: Dawon 12148; Nov. 19, 1953; Intertidal reef at Binners Cove; US; Dawson 12148 (Yoshida 1998: 609) Notes: Isotype: UC 1883778 (Caragnano & al. 2018).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), cone-shaped.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 21 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 September 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 September 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024