Lithothamnion corallioides (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) P.Crouan & H.Crouan 1867

Publication Details
Lithothamnion corallioides (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) P.Crouan & H.Crouan 1867: 151, pl. 20, figs 8-10

Published in: Crouan, P.L. & Crouan, H.M. (1867). Florule du Finistère contenant les descriptions de 360 espèces nouvelles de sporogames, de nombreuses observations et une synonymic des plantes cellulaires et vasculaires qui croissent spontanément dans ce département, accompagnées de trente-deux planches où est représentée l'organographie, faite sur l'état vif, des fruits et des tissus de 198 genres d'algues avec la plante grandeur naturelle ou réduite plus une planche supplémentaire où sont figures 24 champignons nouveaux. pp. [i]-x, [1]-262, frontisp., pi. 1-31, + 1 suppl. pl., coloured liths. by H. Crouan. Paris & Brest: Friedrich Klincksieck & J.B. et A. Lefournier.

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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 Boreolithothamnion corallioides (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) V.Peña & P.W.Gabrielson.

Source of Synonymy
Peña, V., Gabrielson, P.W. & Guiry, M.D. (2025). Epitypification of Spongites corallioides P.Crouan & H.Crouan and transfer to Boreolithothamnion corallioides (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) V.Peña & P.W.Gabrielson, comb. nov. (Hapalidiales, Florideophyceae). Notulae Algarum 375: 1–2.

Basionym
Spongites corallioides P.Crouan & H.Crouan

Type Information
Type locality: Rade de Brest, Finistère, Bretagne, France; (Chamberlain & Irvine 1994: 180) Neotype (designated by Chamberlain & Irvine 1994: 177). : BM; 000530511 (No. 242 in the exsiccata Algues marines du Finistère (Crouan & Crouan 1852) (Irvine & Chamberlain 1994: 180) Notes: Isoneotypes: PC, Algues marines du Finistere no. 242, Thuret-Bornet Herbarium (algal fascicle 131, filed under Lithothamnion), includes printed label; PC, Algues marines du Finistere no. 242, Cryptogamic Library in the separately preserved exsiccata, includes printed label; PC, no. 242, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym) (Woelkerling, 1993: 390). Epitype (designated by Gabrielson & al. (2025: 1) for the neotype BM 000530511): DBN (GALW 15750, Rade de Brest, Finistère, France; leg. Jacque Grall & Jazmin Hernández-Kantún, n.d.).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 09 June 2025

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Distributional note
Records for Norway are doubtfully correct and re-examination of specimens from Scotland revealed Lithothamnion glaciale (Irvine & Chamberlain, 1994: 180; Jason Spenser-Hall, pers.comm.). The northerly limit is probably on the west coast of Ireland. Records from Mauritania and the Cape Verde Islands have not been confirmed (Irvine & Chamberlain, 1994: 180). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Habitat note
Living at depths of 44 to 93 m; very abundant in maerl, at 33-35 m depth (Basso 1995). - (29 June 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 June 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 June 2025

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