Hydrolithon craspedium (Foslie) P.C.Silva 1996

Current name: Porolithon craspedium (Foslie) Foslie
Palau Islands, West PacificPalau International Coral Reef Center

Publication Details
Hydrolithon craspedium (Foslie) P.C.Silva 1996: 235

Published in: Silva, P.C., Basson, P.W. & Moe, R.L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: [i]-xiv, 1-1259.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Hydrolithon is Hydrolithon reinboldii (Weber Bosse & Foslie) Foslie.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Porolithon craspedium (Foslie) Foslie.

Source of Synonymy
Jeong, S.Y., Gabrielson, P.W., Hughey, J.R., Hoey, A.S., Cho, T.O., Wahab, M.A.A. & Diaz-Pulido, G. (2023). New branched Porolithon species (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) from the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, and Lord Howe Island. Journal of Phycology 59(6): [1-23]: 1179–1201.

Basionym
Lithophyllum craspedium Foslie

Type Information
Type locality: Onotoa, Gilbert Islands [Kiribati]; (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 217) Holotype: Finckh; no date; no habitat data on type; TRH; A27-1566 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 217)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 01 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 June 2024

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Taxonomic note
South & Skelton (2003) cite this as an accepted species, with Porolithon craspedium (Foslie) Foslie 1929 as a synonym. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 June 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 11 July 2025