Lithothamnion yendoi (Foslie) Me.Lemoine 1965

Spongites yendoi (Foslie) Y.M.Chamberlain

Current name: Spongites yendoi (Foslie) Y.M.Chamberlain
Platboom, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; lower intertidal with Garden Limpet and Gelidium micropteron - 21 September 2005. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Lithothamnion yendoi (Foslie) Me.Lemoine 1965: 10

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 Spongites yendoi (Foslie) Y.M.Chamberlain.

Basionym
Goniolithon yendoi Foslie

Type Information
Lectotype locality: Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan; (Silva & al. 1996: 272) Lectotype: K. Yendo No. 66; April 1899; TRH; A1-53 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 30) Notes: This type locality was first recorded by Foslie (1904a: expl. pl. XI). Chamberlain (1993: 102) cites Shimodo Harbour, Izul, Japan as the type locality.

Created: 28 March 2005 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 11 October 2014

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Paul Gabrielson in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 October 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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