Lithophyllum hibernicum Foslie 1906
Publication Details
Lithophyllum hibernicum Foslie 1906: 24
Published in: Foslie, M. (1906). Algologiske notiser II. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1906(2): 1-28.
Request PDFPublication date: between 1.xii.1906 and 26.xii.1906
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Lithophyllum is Lithophyllum incrustans Philippi.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Holotype locality: Fahy Bay, Ballynakill Harbour, Co. Galway, Ireland; (Chamberlain & Irvine 1994: 74) Lectotype: TRH; A23-1399 (Hernandez-Kantun et al. 2015: 797, 799, fig 6A) Notes: Holotype: TRH: A23-1399; collected by H. Hanna (viii.1899); 1-1,5 fathoms, according to Chamberlain and Irvine (1994). They recommend consulting Printz, 1929, pl. 63: figs 11-13, and Adey & Lebednik, 1967, p. 44, for more information on the holotype of this species. Hernandez-Kantun et al. (2015: 799) note that three specimens illustrated by Printz (1929: pl. LXIII, figs 11-13) have been considered to constitute the holotype. They designate the top left specimen (sequenced) in fig. 6 as the lectotype.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), Ireland (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 17 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 June 2022
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Atlas_checklist note
Requires further investigation (see Chamberlain & Irvine, 1994: 74-75); no specimens have been found since the late 19th century. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Distributional note
Guiry (1997) notes in the British Isles, known only from Co. Galway, for more information consult Irvine & Chamberlain (1994). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Habitat note
In Atlantic, common epilithic crust in the mid- to low intertidal zone on emergent bedrock, in rock pools, and in tidal canals, as an epizoic crust on mussels and other bivalves and also occasionally as an intertidal or subtidal rhodolith (sometimes associated with maerl beds); in Mediterranean only found subtidally as rhodoliths (usually in maerl beds) and as crusts epiphytic in other rhodoliths e.g., on L. incrustans (Hernandez-Kantun et al., 2015). - (08 October 2015) - G.M. Guiry
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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 20 May 2025
