Lithophyllum pustulatum var. macrocarpum (Rosanoff) Me.Lemoine 1913
Publication Details
Lithophyllum pustulatum var. macrocarpum (Rosanoff) Me.Lemoine 1913: 142
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Lithophyllum is Lithophyllum incrustans Philippi.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Titanoderma pustulatum (J.V.Lamouroux) Nägeli.
Basionym
Melobesia macrocarpa Rosanoff
Type Information
Type locality: Rochers des Flamands, Cherbourg, France; (Woelkerling 1998: 374) Lectotypes: collector not indicated; 19.iii.1863; CHE; Le Jolis' Algues Marines de Cherbourg, no. 276; designated by Chamberlain, 1986: 205 (Woelkerling 1998: 374) Notes: Isolectotypes: PC, Le Jolis' Algues Marines de Cherbourg no. 276, Thuret-Bornet Herbarium (algal fascicle 130, filed under Melobesia macrocarpa); PC, Le Jolis' Algues Marines de Cherbourg no. 276, General Herbarium (non-fossil; filed under non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet affixed to a herbarium sheet); L, 941.156-125 (see Woelkerling & Verheij, 1995: 63); TRH, Le Jolis' Algues Marines de Cherbourg no. 276, includes slide 574 (see Woelkerling, 1993: 140). Habitat: on Phyllophora crispa (Irvine & Chamberlain 1994: 108).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), having pustules (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 15 September 2000 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 30 August 2014
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Paul Gabrielson in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 August 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
