Lithothamnion brachycladum Foslie 1900
Publication Details
Lithothamnion brachycladum Foslie 1900: 3
Published in: Foslie, M. (1900). New or critical calcareous algae. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1899(5): 1-34.
Request PDFPublication date: between 1.i.1900 and 25.vi.1900
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Lithothamnion is Lithothamnion muelleri Lenormand ex Rosanoff.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Mesophyllum brachycladum (Foslie) W.H.Adey.
Type Information
Type locality: St Helena [Island]; (Woelkerling 1998: 332) Holotype: collector not indicated; date not indicated; dredged off St. Helena, presented [to BM] by W.H. Surton; BM; algal box collection 30 (including a label from Foslie with the number 10 and the name on it). (Woelkerling 1998: 332) Notes: Holotype fragments: TRH C16-3249, British Museum no. 10, includes slides 336 and 1360; PC, British Museum no. 10, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym). Athanasiadis & Ballantine (2014: Appendix I:1) insist that the holotype is in TRH and the BM material is an isotype.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 02 July 2004 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 November 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 November 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024
