Nullipora informis (Lamarck) Schweigger, nom. illeg. 1819
Publication Details
Nullipora informis (Lamarck) Schweigger, nom. illeg. 1819: table 5
Published in: Schweigger, A.F. (1819). Beobachtungen auf naturhistorischen Reisen: anatomisch-physiologische Untersuchungen über Corallen; nebst einem Anhange, Bemerkungen über den Bernstein enthaltend. pp. [i]-vi [+ vi], 1-127 [+i], 12 charts, 8 plates. Berlin: G. Reimer.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Nullipora is Nullipora nodulosa Lamarck.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Phymatolithon calcareum (Pallas) W.H.Adey & D.L.McKibbin ex Woelkering & L.M.Irvine.
Source of Synonymy
Woelkerling, W.J. & Irvine, L.M. (1986). The typification and status of Phymatolithon (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta). British Phycological Journal 21: 55-80, 18 figs.
Basionym
Millepora informis Lamarck
Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), formless, shapeless, deformed, hideous, ugly.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 05 August 2005 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 April 2017
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Nomenclatural note
Illegitimate: based on an illegitimate substitute name for Phymatolithon calcareum. Included in the synonymy of Lithothamnion corallioides by Athanasiadis (2016: 215). - (05 April 2017) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 April 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 March 2025
