Phymatolithon laevigatum (Foslie) Foslie 1898
Current name:
Phymatolithon laevigatum (Foslie) Foslie
Near the sill at the Dorn, Ardkeen, Co. Down. Rock pool of the low littoral, low Fucus serratus zone. J5956. Ulster Museum: F4053a. Coll. O.Morton, conf. Y.M.Chamberlain - 13 October 1983. Bernard Picton (Bernard.Picton@magni.org.uk)
Publication Details
Phymatolithon laevigatum (Foslie) Foslie 1898: 8
Published in: Foslie, M. (1898). List of species of the Lithothamnia. Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1898(3): 1-11.
Request PDFPublication date: 24.xii.1898
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Phymatolithon is Phymatolithon polymorphum Foslie.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Lithothamnion laevigatum Foslie
Type Information
Type locality: Helgoland, Germany; (Irvine & Chamberlain 1994: 215) Lectotype: P. Kuckuck; date not indicated; no habitat data on type; TRH; C25-3749; designated by Adey in Adey & lebednik, 1967: 91 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 519) Notes: Paratypes: PC, Thuret-Bornet Herbarium (algal fascicle 132, filed under Phymatolithon); PC, unnumbered, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym). Epilithic on rocks; tetrasporophyte (Jeong et al., 2019: 335).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), smooth and polished (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 17 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 21 November 2019
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 November 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
