Phymatolithopsis prolixa (Foslie) S.Y.Jeong, Maneveldt, P.W.Gabrielson & T.O.Cho 2022

Publication Details
Phymatolithopsis prolixa (Foslie) S.Y.Jeong, Maneveldt, P.W.Gabrielson & T.O.Cho 2022: 164

Published in: Jeong, S.Y., Diaz-Pulido, G., Maneveldt, G.W., Gabrielson, P.W., Nelson, W.A., Won, B.Y & Cho, T.O. (2022). Phymatolithopsis gen. nov. (Hapalidiales, Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta) based on molecular and morpho-anatomical evidence. Journal of Phycology 58(1): 161-178.

Publication date: 2022

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Phymatolithopsis.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Lithothamnion prolixum Foslie

Type Information
Type locality: Natal, South Africa; (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 452) Lectotype: A. Weber van Bosse; 1893; no habitat data on type; TRH; C15-3244 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 452) Notes: South Africa: Natal (LT fide Adey & Lebednik, 1967: 80) (INA).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 14 March 2022 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 13 May 2024

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Habitat note
Epilithic on primary bedrock throughout the intertidal, especially in rock pools, as well as epizoic on worm tubes in the mid-intertidal zone. - (14 March 2022) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 May 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 May 2025