Lithothamnion colliculosum Foslie 1891
Publication Details
Lithothamnion colliculosum Foslie 1891: 43, pl. 3: fig. 1
Published in: Foslie, M. (1891). Contribution to the knowledge of the marine algae of Norway. II. Species from different tracts. Tromsø Museums Aarshefter 14: 36-58, 3 pls.
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 glaciale (Kjellman) P.W.Gabrielson, Maneveldt, Hughey & V.Peña.
Source of Synonymy
Peña, V., Bélanger, D., Gagnon, P., Richards, J.L., Le Gall, L., Hughey, J.R., Saunders, G.W., Lindstrom, S., Rinde, E., Husa, V., Christie, H., Fridriksen, S., Hall-Spencer, J.M., Steneck, R.S., Schoenrock, K.M.,Gitmark, J., Grefsrud, E.S., Anglès d'Auriac, M.B., Legrand, E., Grall, J., Mumford, T.F., Kamenos, N.A. & Gabrielson, P.W. (2021). Lithothamnion (Hapalidiales, Rhodophyta) in the changing Arctic and Subarctic: DNA sequencing of type and recent specimens provides a systematics foundation. European Journal of Phycology 56(4): 1-26.
Type Information
Type locality: Skørpen, Kvaenangen, Norway; (Woelkerling 1998: 335) Lectotype: M. Foslie; 8.ix.1890; TRH; B11-2311, includes slides 137 and 138; designated by Woelkerling, 1993: 53 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 307) Notes: Isolectotypes: PC, Foslie no. 16, Thuret-Bornet Herbarium (box collection, filed under Lithothamnion colliculosum); BM, algal box collection 421.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 03 April 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 21 June 2023
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Taxonomic notes
DNA sequence data have confirmed the placement of the species in L. glaciale (Peña et al., 2021: 8). - (03 August 2021) - G.M. Guiry
"Incertae sedis" (Athanasiadis 2016). - (06 April 2017) - M.D. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 June 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 31 May 2025
