Lithodesmioides polymorpha Stosch 1987
Publication Details
Lithodesmioides polymorpha Stosch 1987: 46, figs 60-111 (as 'polymorphum')
Published in: Stosch, H.A. von (1987). Some marine diatoms from the Australian region, especially from Port Phillip Bay and tropical North-eastern Australia. II Survey of the genus Palmeria and of the family Lithodesmiaceae including the new genus Lithodesmioides. Brunonia 9(1): 29-87.
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Lithodesmioides.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Norman River estuary at Karumba, Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia; (INA 1996) Holotype: slide MB Sto 87/82/1: (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), polymorphous, polymorphic; variable in form (Brown 1954).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 27 April 2003 by Mairead Murphy.
Last updated: 12 August 2021
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Nomenclatural note
1987: 46 (key), 48, figs 60-84 (INA). - (10 January 2020) - G.M. Guiry
Distributional note
Daly Yahia-Kéfi et al. (2005) record this from the Red Sea. - (18 October 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 August 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 June 2025
