Hydrolithon rupestre (Foslie) Penrose 1996
Publication Details
Hydrolithon rupestre (Foslie) Penrose 1996: 265, fig. 121 (as 'rupestris')
Published in: Penrose, D.L. (1996). Genus Hydrolithon (Foslie) Foslie 1909: 55. In: The Marine benthic flora of South Australia. Rhodophyta. Part IIIB, Gracilariales, Rhodymeniales, Corallinales and Bonnemaisoniales. (Womersley, H.B.S. Eds), pp. 255-266. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study.
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 Harveylithon rupestre (Foslie) A.Rösler, Perfectti, V.Peña & J.C.Braga.
Basionym
Lithophyllum rupestre Foslie
Type Information
Holotype locality: Ocean Beach, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia; (Woelkerling & Campbell 1992: 100) Holotype: C.J. Gabriel; April 1905; TRH; A3-149 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 41) Notes: Type pictured by Printz (1929, pl. LIV, fig. 1 as Lithophyllum) and Penrose (1990, fig. 54A-D).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), rocky, rock-dwelling (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Habitat
Occurs commonly on intertidal rock platforms (Penrose in Womersley 1996: 266).
Created: 25 May 2001 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 30 March 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
