Litholepis mediterranea Foslie 1906

Publication Details
Litholepis mediterranea Foslie 1906: 17, no fig.

Published in: Foslie, M. (1906). Algologiske notiser II. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1906(2): 1-28.

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Publication date: between 1.xii.1906 and 26.xii.1906

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 Titanoderma mediterraneum (Foslie) Bressan & Babbini.

Source of Synonymy
Bressan, G. & Babbini, L. (2003). Biodiversità marina delle coste Italiane: Corallinales del Mar Mediterraneo: guida all deteminazione. Biologia Marina Mediterranea 10(Suppl. 2): 1-237.

Type Information
Type locality: Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrénées Orientales, France; (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 141) Holotype: Sauvageau; vi.1906; somewhat exposed place; TRH; A16-1009 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 141)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), Mediterranean Sea (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 18 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 20 December 2022

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Taxonomic note
Taxon inquirendum (Furnari, pers. comm.); nothing is said in the protologue about cell connections between filaments, and the type has yet to be re-examined to determine whether cell fusions or secondary pits occur Woelkerling, pers. comm.). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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