Lithothamnion fornicatum Foslie 1891

Publication Details
Lithothamnion fornicatum Foslie 1891: 38, pl. 1 (lower), pl. 2

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

Type Information
Type locality: Mestervik, Malangen, Norway; (Woelkerling 1998: 345) Lectotype: collector not indicated; 20.ix.1890; TRH; B21-2712, includes slides 150 and 151 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 313, 365, 366) Notes: Isolectotypes: PC, Foslie no. 3, Thuret-Bornet Herbarium (box collection, filed under Lithothamnion coalescens); PC, unnumbered, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym). Lectotype designated by Adey & Lebednik, 1967: 71 (Peña et al. 2021: 12).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 23 June 2023

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 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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