Crodelia orbiculata (Foslie) Kylin 1956
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Corallinophycidae
Order Corallinales
Family Lithophyllaceae
Subfamily Lithophylloideae
Genus Crodelia
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Publication details
Crodelia orbiculata (Foslie) Kylin 1956: expl. fig. 127A-C
Published in: Kylin, H. (1956). Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen. pp. i-xv, 1-673, 458 figs. Lund: C.W.K. Gleerups.
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Crodelia is Crodelia expansa (Philippi) Kylin.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lithophyllum orbiculatum (Foslie) Foslie
Basionym
Lithothamnion orbiculatum Foslie
Type information
Lectotype locality: Kristiansund, Norway (Chamberlain & Irvine 1994: 84). Lectotype: Ekman, ex Herb. Areschoug (S); TRH A6-285 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 56). Notes: Lectotype locality fide Adey & Lebednik, 1967: 21 and Woelkerling, 1993: 164 (Silva et al. 1996: 249). "Ekman; [Norway]; Kristiansund; [no habitat data]; [no date]; slide 207; ex herb. Aresch.
Riksmus. Stockholm [S]; pfa: Foslie 1895a, pl. 22, fig. 10; [Note: Lectotype of Lithothamnion
orbiculatum Foslie. Additional data — Chamberlain, Irvine & Waker 1991: 150, and
Woelkerling 1993: 164 (who mistakenly lists collector as ‘Eckman’). Box marked ‘største
stk. af ekspl. tilbagesendt Riksmus. Stholm [= largest piece of specimen returned to
Riksmuseum Stockholm (S)]’. No collection date is on box, but protologue indicates sample
was collected in 1855. Collection includes annotation slip from M. Lemoine dated
'iii.1984' that reads: 'the anatomy of this specimen is not like that of "Lpm. orbiculatum” as
described by Adey 1966 (Hydrobiologia XXVII). Foslie’s plant is more like Lpm. incrustans
Philippi’];" Woelkering et al. (2005: 56)
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), orbicular (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
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Source of current name
Foslie, M. (1900). Revised systematical survey of the Melobesieae. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1900(5): 1-22.
Created: 25 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 28 July 2017 by M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021.
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