Lithothamnion floridanum Foslie 1906
Publication Details
Lithothamnion floridanum Foslie 1906: 11
Published in: Foslie, M. (1906). Algologiske notiser II. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1906(2): 1-28.
Request PDFPublication date: between 1.xii.1906 and 26.xii.1906
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Lithothamnion is Lithothamnion muelleri Lenormand ex Rosanoff.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Florida, USA; (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 454) Holotype: J.G.F. Wurdemann; date not indicated; no habitat data on type; TRH; C16-3258, Farlow XXV, includes slides 3 and 499 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 454) Notes: Holotype fragment: PC, unnumbered, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym). Athanasiadis & Ballantine (2014: Appendix I: 6, 13, 14) designate the "holotype" in TRH reported by Woelkerling et al. (2005: 454) as lectotype.
Origin of Species Name
(Latin), of or from the state of Florida (Dawes & Mathieson 2008)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 24 December 2001 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 November 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 November 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
