Neogoniolithon munitum (Foslie & M.Howe) W.H.Adey 1970
Publication Details
Neogoniolithon munitum (Foslie & M.Howe) W.H.Adey 1970: 9
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Neogoniolithon is Neogoniolithon fosliei (Heydrich) Setchell & L.R.Mason.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Harveylithon munitum (Foslie & M.Howe) A.Rösler, Perfectti, V.Peña & J.C.Braga.
Basionym
Lithophyllum munitum Foslie & M.Howe
Type Information
Type locality: Cave Cays, Exuma Chain, Bahamas; (Woelkerling 1998: 319) Holotype: M.A. Howe; 19.ii.1905; NY; Howe no. 4023 (Woelkerling 1998: 319) Notes: Isotypes PC, Howe no. 4023, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym); TRH, Howe 4023, includes three slides also numbered 4023; BM, algal box collection 925. Penrose in Womersely (1996: 264) gives the following data: lectotype in TRH (no. 4023); designated by Adey in Adey & Lebednik 1967: 20; illustrated by Penrose (1990: fig. 37A-E).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 May 2004 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 July 2016
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 July 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
