Crodelia discoidea (Foslie) Levring 1960

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 discoidea (Foslie) Levring 1960: 40

Published in: Levring, T. (1960). Contributions to the marine algal flora of Chile. Acta Universitatis Lundensis 56(10): 1-85.

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 Pseudolithophyllum discoideum (Foslie) Me.Lemoine

Basionym
Lithophyllum discoideum Foslie

Type information
Lectotype locality: Mouth of Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 73). Lectotype: P.Dusén; February 1896; TRH A9-449 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 73). Notes: This type locality was first recorded by Adey & Lebednik (1967: 24). "see Adey 1970: 24 for typification" (Chamberlain (1994: 148). "It is uncertain whether Tierra del Fuego refers to Tierra del Fuego Island or the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago, and it also is uncertain whether the material was collected in Chile or Argentina." (Woelkering et al. 2005: 73). LT designated by Adey in Adey & Lebednik, 1967 (see Puckree-Padua et al, 2020; INA).

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), discoid.

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a marine species.

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Source of current name
Papenfuss, G.F. (1964). Catalogue and bibliography of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic benthic marine algae. In: Antarctic Research Series. Volume 1. Bibliography of the Antarctic Seas. (Lee, M.O. Eds), pp. 1-76. Washington D.C.: American Geophysical Union.

Created: 28 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 27 February 2011 by M.D. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 March 2021.