Leptophytum foveatum Y.M.Chamberlain & Keats 1994
Publication Details
Leptophytum foveatum Y.M.Chamberlain & Keats 1994: 115, figs 32-48
Published in: Chamberlain, Y.M. & Keats, D.W. (1994). Three melobesioid crustose coralline red algae from South Africa: Leptophytum acervatum (Foslie) comb. nov., L. foveatum sp. nov. and L. ferox (Foslie) comb. nov.. Phycologia 33: 111-133, 105 figs, 2 tables.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Leptophytum is Leptophytum laeve W.H.Adey.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Phymatolithon foveatum (Y.M.Chamberlain & Keats) Maneveldt & E.Van der Merwe.
Source of Synonymy
Van der Merwe, E. & Maneveldt, G.W. (2014). The genus Phymatolithon (Hapalidiaceae, Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in South Africa, including species previously ascribed to Leptophytum. South African Journal of Botany 90: 170-192.
Type Information
Holotype locality: Yzerfontein,west coast of western Cape Province, South Africa; (Chamberlain & Keats 1994: 115) Holotype: fig. 32: YMC & DWK 91/249; 24 November 1991; At the infralittoral fringe, on rock and encircling Dendropoma corallinaceus; L; 993.052 539 (Chamberlain & Keats 1994: 115)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 February 2024
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Nomenclatural note
Leptophyton foveatum Y. M. Chamb. & Keats (John et al., 2004). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Habitat note
Forming thin, flat, extremely adherent thalli on rock surfaces at the infralittoral fringe and below, also on shells; Patella argenvillei often occurs on top of L. foveatum thalli (Chamberlain & Keats 1994: 116). - (08 April 2010) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 May 2025
