Pseudolithophyllum orbiculatum (Foslie) Me.Lemoine 1929

Publication Details
Pseudolithophyllum orbiculatum (Foslie) Me.Lemoine 1929: 3

Published in: Lemoine, Mme P. [=M.] (1929). Sur la présence de Lithophyllum orbiculatum Fosl. dans la Manche et son attributin au genre Pseudolithophyllum. Revue Algologique 4: 1-6, 2 figs, Plate I.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Pseudolithophyllum is Pseudolithophyllum fuegianum (Heydrich) M.L.Mendoza & Cabioch.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lithophyllum orbiculatum (Foslie) Foslie.

Basionym
Lithothamnion orbiculatum Foslie

Type Information
Lectotype locality: Kristiansund, Norway; (Chamberlain & Irvine 1994: 84) Lectotype: Ekman, ex Herb. Areschoug (S); TRH; A6-285 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 56) Notes: Lectotype locality fide Adey & Lebednik, 1967: 21 and Woelkerling, 1993: 164 (Silva et al. 1996: 249). "Ekman; [Norway]; Kristiansund; [no habitat data]; [no date]; slide 207; ex herb. Aresch. Riksmus. Stockholm [S]; pfa: Foslie 1895a, pl. 22, fig. 10; [Note: Lectotype of Lithothamnion orbiculatum Foslie. Additional data — Chamberlain, Irvine & Waker 1991: 150, and Woelkerling 1993: 164 (who mistakenly lists collector as ‘Eckman’). Box marked ‘største stk. af ekspl. tilbagesendt Riksmus. Stholm [= largest piece of specimen returned to Riksmuseum Stockholm (S)]’. No collection date is on box, but protologue indicates sample was collected in 1855. Collection includes annotation slip from M. Lemoine dated 'iii.1984' that reads: 'the anatomy of this specimen is not like that of "Lpm. orbiculatum” as described by Adey 1966 (Hydrobiologia XXVII). Foslie’s plant is more like Lpm. incrustans Philippi’];" Woelkering et al. (2005: 56)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), orbicular (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 12 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 July 2017

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