Lithophyllum lamii Me.Lemoine 1931
Current name:
Phymatolithon lamii (Me.Lemoine) Y.M.Chamberlain
Spanish Point, Co. Clare, Ireland; low intertidal rock - 04 August 2004. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Lithophyllum lamii Me.Lemoine 1931: 13, fig. 4; pl. 2: fig. 1
Published in: Lemoine, M. (1931). Les algues mélobésiées de la région de Saint-Servan. Bulletin du Laboratoire maritime du Muséum d'histoire naturelle à Saint-Servan 7: 1-20.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Lithophyllum is Lithophyllum incrustans Philippi.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Phymatolithon lamii (Me.Lemoine) Y.M.Chamberlain.
Type Information
Lectotype locality: St Servan, Pointe de Cancaval, Rance, France; (Chamberlain 1991: 219) Lectotype (Chamberlain 1991, figs 1, 3 (photographs)): R. Lami, no. 30; 1930; dredged from 8 m; PC; (Chamberlain 1991: 219, 220) Notes: Woelkerling (1998:315): no. 26, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym); designated by Chamberlain, 1991: 219, 220. Isolectotypes: PC, no. 21, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym); PC, no. 11, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 03 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 October 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 October 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024