Archaeolithothamnion mediterraneum (Heydrich) Foslie 1901

Publication Details
Archaeolithothamnion mediterraneum (Heydrich) Foslie 1901: 8

Published in: Foslie, M. (1900). Revised systematical survey of the Melobesieae. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1900(5): 1-22.

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Publication date: between 26.vi.1900 and 31.xii.1900

Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sporolithon mediterraneum Heydrich.

Source of Synonymy
Athanasiadis, A. (2016). Phycologia Europaea Rhodophyta Vol. I. pp. [i]-xxxxviii, 1-762. Thessaloniki: Published and distributed by the author.

Basionym
Sporolithon mediterraneum Heydrich

Type Information
Type locality: "Golf von Neapel auf Muscheln: Dr Francotte" [Gulf of Naples, Italy]; (Heydrich 1899: 277) Neotype (Gorgona island, Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy; designated by Cabrito & al. 2025): TSB_SPR; MDT 1a. Sampled on a rhodolith bed, 50 m deep, leg. Enrico Cecchi. Tetrasporophyte. (Cabrito & al. 2024: 4)

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

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 22 July 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 February 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 July 2025

 
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