Lithothamnion rubrum f. corallioides (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Heydrich 1911

Current name: Boreolithothamnion corallioides (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) V.Peña & P.W.Gabrielson
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Publication Details
Lithothamnion rubrum f. corallioides (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Heydrich 1911: 29 (as 'coralloides')

Published in: Heydrich, F. (1911). Die Lithothamnien von Roscoff. Berichte der deutsche botanischen Gesellschaft 29: 26-32, 1 plate.

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 corallioides (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) V.Peña & P.W.Gabrielson.

Source of Synonymy
Peña, V., Gabrielson, P.W. & Guiry, M.D. (2025). Epitypification of Spongites corallioides P.Crouan & H.Crouan and transfer to Boreolithothamnion corallioides (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) V.Peña & P.W.Gabrielson, comb. nov. (Hapalidiales, Florideophyceae). Notulae Algarum 375: 1–2.

Basionym
Spongites corallioides P.Crouan & H.Crouan

Type Information
Type locality: Rade de Brest, Finistère, Bretagne, France; (Chamberlain & Irvine 1994: 180) Neotype (designated by Chamberlain & Irvine 1994: 177). : BM; 000530511 (No. 242 in the exsiccata Algues marines du Finistère (Crouan & Crouan 1852) (Irvine & Chamberlain 1994: 180) Notes: Isoneotypes: PC, Algues marines du Finistere no. 242, Thuret-Bornet Herbarium (algal fascicle 131, filed under Lithothamnion), includes printed label; PC, Algues marines du Finistere no. 242, Cryptogamic Library in the separately preserved exsiccata, includes printed label; PC, no. 242, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym) (Woelkerling, 1993: 390). Epitype (designated by Gabrielson & al. (2025: 1) for the neotype BM 000530511): DBN (GALW 15750, Rade de Brest, Finistère, France; leg. Jacque Grall & Jazmin Hernández-Kantún, n.d.).

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

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 05 April 2017 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 09 June 2025

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 June 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 July 2025