Hydrolithon improcerum (Foslie & M.Howe) Foslie 1909

Porolithon improcerum (Foslie & M.Howe) M.Howe

Current name: Porolithon improcerum (Foslie & M.Howe) M.Howe
Cape Peron, Western AustraliaJ.M. Huisman

Publication Details
Hydrolithon improcerum (Foslie & M.Howe) Foslie 1909: 55

Published in: Foslie, M. (1909). Algologiske notiser VI. Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1909(2): 1-63.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Hydrolithon is Hydrolithon reinboldii (Weber Bosse & Foslie) Foslie.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Porolithon improcerum (Foslie & M.Howe) M.Howe.

Basionym
Goniolithon improcerum Foslie & M.Howe

Type Information
Type locality: Montego Bay, Jamaica; (Womersley 1996: 258) Holotype: M.A.Howe no. 4760b; 5.i.1907; on a littoral reef; TRH; A14-752 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 111) Notes: Illustrated by Townsend & Adey (1990).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
On Botryocladia, Cladostephus, Caulocystis sp., and Dictyota sp.; also on rock (Womersley 1996: 259).

Created: 17 June 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 15 July 2015

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 July 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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