Pseudolithophyllum tasmanicum (Foslie) W.H.Adey 1970
Publication Details
Pseudolithophyllum tasmanicum (Foslie) W.H.Adey 1970: 14
Published in: Adey, W.H. (1970). A revision of the Foslie crustose coralline herbarium. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab Skrifter (1970)(1): 1-46, 13 figs. [in English]
Publication date: October 1970
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Pseudolithophyllum is Pseudolithophyllum fuegianum (Heydrich) M.L.Mendoza & Cabioch.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Lithophyllum zostericola f. tasmanicum Foslie
Type Information
Type locality: Georgetown Heads, Tasmania, Australia; (Woelkerling 1998: 329) Lectotype: collector not indicated; date not indicated; TRH; A2-129 (Woelkerling 1998: 329) Notes: Also TRH, unnumbered, includes slides 697 and 1339; designated by Adey in Adey & Lebednik, 1967: 17. Woelkerling & Campbell (1992: 100) note: Foslie (1907a) based this entity on specimens from Georgetown Heads, Tasmania and Cape Jaffa, South Australia; the designated lectotype is epiphytic on a small brown algal fragment and contains several coralline plants; the fragments examined belong to Pneophyllum; its status as a distinct species is being assessed (Penrose, personal communication). "Most of the lectotype is in PC." (Woelkering et al. 2005: 38).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 15 September 2000 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 January 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 January 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024