Lithothamnion madagascarense (Foslie) Foslie 1906
Publication Details
Lithothamnion madagascarense (Foslie) Foslie 1906: 19 (as 'madagascarensis')
Published in: Foslie, M. (1906). Den botaniske samling [The botanical collection]. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Aarsberetning 1905: 17-24.
Publication date: 1.v.1906 and 30.xi.1906
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 Melyvonnea madagascariensis (Foslie) Athanasiadis & D.L.Ballantine.
Basionym
Lithothamnion erubescens f. madagascarense Foslie
Type Information
Type locality: [Fort Dauphin] Madagascar; (Woelkerling 1998: 343) Holotype: Ferlus; date not indicated; no habitat data on type; PC; unnumbered, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym) (Woelkerling 1998: 343) Notes: Holotype fragment: TRH, C15-3240, includes slide 689, ex Mus. d'hist. Nat. Paris [PC].
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 25 October 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 October 2016
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 October 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
