Lithothamnion gracilescens Foslie, nom. illeg. 1895

Publication Details
Lithothamnion gracilescens Foslie, nom. illeg. 1895: 87, pl. 15: figs 20-27

Published in: Foslie, M. (1895). The Norwegian forms of Lithothamnion. Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1894: 29-208, 23 pls.

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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 glaciale (Kjellman) P.W.Gabrielson, Maneveldt, Hughey & V.Peña.

Type Information
Type locality: Rotvold [now Rotvoll], Trondheimsfjord, Norway; (Woelkerling 1998: 347) Lectotype: M. Foslie; 6.vi.1894; TRH; C6-3037, includes slides 97-99; designated by Woelkerling, 1993: 109 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 419) Notes: Isolectotypes: PC, Foslie no. 7, Thuret-Bornet Herbarium (box collection, filed under Lithothamnion gracilescens); BM, algal box collection 695. Specimen sequenced corresponds to Foslie (1895: pl. 15, fig. 24) to which lectotyped is narrowed; DNA sequence data have confirmed the placement of the species in L. glaciale (Peña et al., 2021: 10).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 14 September 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 22 June 2023

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 June 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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