Hydrolithon braganum W.J.Woelkerling, D.Bassi & Iryu 2012

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Hydrolithon braganum W.J.Woelkerling, D.Bassi & Iryu 2012: 606, figs 2-5, 8-13

Published in: Woelkerling, W.J., Bassi, D.& Iryu, Y. (2012). Hydrolithon braganum sp. nov. (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta), the first known exclusively fossil semi-endophytic coralline red alga. Phycologia 51(6): 604-611.

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Publication date: 2012

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

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: 17º45.9553'S, 149º33.0515'W; south and west of Papara Tahiti, French Polynesia; (Woelkerling et al. 2012: 606) Holotype: two conceptacle-bearing individuals and some nonfertile, fragmentary individuals: water depth at hole M0007A: 44.45 m; depth from seafloor down to a sample horizon: 44 m; total depth 88,85 m; Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; slide 7A 31R 2 0.0257 (Woelkerling et al. 2012: 606)

Fossil
Described as a fossil.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 14 December 2012 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 June 2019

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Paul Gabrielson in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 June 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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