Boreolithon van-heurckii (Heydrich) A.S.Harvey & Woelkerling 1995
Publication Details
Boreolithon van-heurckii (Heydrich) A.S.Harvey & Woelkerling 1995: 374, figs 42, 46-50 (as 'vanheurckii')
Published in: Harvey, A.S. & Woelkerling, W.J. (1995). An account of Austrolithon intumescens gen. et. sp. nov. and Boreolithon van-heurckii (Heydrich) gen. et. comb. nov. (Austrolithoideae subfam. nov., Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 34: 362-382.
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Boreolithon.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Lithothamnion vanheurckii Heydrich
Type Information
Lectotype locality: "Jersey 1903 et 1904, Ste-Brelade, EP. sur Aglaosphenia attaché à un Halidrys. H. Y. H." [St Brelade, Jersey, Channel Islands; Aglaosphenia is a genus of hydroids of the family Aglaopheniidae]; (Harvey & Woelkerling 1995: 374) Lectotype: H. Van Heurck; February 1903; AWH; unnumbered (Harvey & Woelkerling 1995) Notes: Lectotype designated by Chamberlain & Irvine (1994: 199). Isolectotypes: TRH and PC.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 12 September 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 June 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 June 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
