Lithothamnion yendoi (Foslie) Me.Lemoine
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Corallinophycidae
Order Corallinales
Family Lithothamniaceae
Tribe Lithothamnieae
Genus Lithothamnion
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Platboom, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; lower intertidal with Garden Limpet and Gelidium micropteron. 21 Sep 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Spongites yendoi (Foslie) Y.M.Chamberlain Platboom, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; lower intertidal with Garden Limpet and Gelidium micropteron
© Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication details
Lithothamnion yendoi (Foslie) Me.Lemoine 1965: 10
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Lithothamnion is Lithothamnion muelleri Lenormand ex Rosanoff.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Spongites yendoi (Foslie) Y.M.Chamberlain
Basionym
Goniolithon yendoi Foslie
Type information
Lectotype locality: Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 272). Lectotype: K. Yendo No. 66; April 1899; TRH A1-53 (Woelkerling et al. 2005: 30). Notes: This type locality was first recorded by Foslie (1904a: expl. pl. XI). Chamberlain (1993: 102) cites Shimodo Harbour, Izul, Japan as the type locality.
Synonym(s)
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General environment
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Created: 28 March 2005 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 11 October 2014 by Paul Gabrielson
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Paul Gabrielson in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2019.
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