Hydrolithon improcerum (Foslie & M.Howe) Foslie 1909
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.
Request PDFType 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.
Source of Synonymy
Da Gama Bahia, R., Menezes Amado Filho, G., Azvedo, J. & Maneveldt, G.W. (2014). Porolithon improcerum (Porolithoideae, Corallinaceae) and Mesophyllum macroblastum (Melobesioideae, Hapalidiaceae): new records of crustose coralline red algae for the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. Phytotaxa 190: 38-44.
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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Taxonomic note
According to Womersley (1996: 259), this is closely related to Lithoporella melobesioides and further studies are needed to evaluate this. - (20 April 2009) - G.M. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
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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 18 July 2025
