Litholepis fertilis (M.Lemoine) Setchell & L.R.Mason 1943
Publication Details
Litholepis fertilis (M.Lemoine) Setchell & L.R.Mason 1943: 97
Published in: Setchell, W.A. & Mason, L.R. (1943). New or little known crustaceous corallines from Pacific North America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 29: 92-97.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Litholepis is Litholepis caspica (Foslie) Foslie.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Fosliella fertilis (Me.Lemoine) Segonzac.
Basionym
Melobesia fertilis Me.Lemoine
Type Information
Type locality: Station 2, Coiba Island, Gulf of Panama, Pacific Oceania; (Woelkerling 1998: 371) Holotype: C. Crossland; date not indicated but material forms part of the St George Expedition 1923-1924; BM; algal box collection 1768 (Woelkerling 1998: 371) Notes: Holotype fragments: PC, unnumbered, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed under non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym).
Created: 25 October 2005 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 October 2005
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 October 2005. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024
