Pseudolithophyllum whidbeyense (Foslie) Steneck & R.T.Paine 1986

Publication Details
Pseudolithophyllum whidbeyense (Foslie) Steneck & R.T.Paine 1986: 229

Published in: Steneck, R.S. & Paine, R.T. (1986). Ecological and taxonomic studies of shallow-water encrusting Corallinaceae (Rhodophyta) of the boreal northeastern Pacific. Phycologia 25(2): 221-240.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Pseudolithophyllum is Pseudolithophyllum fuegianum (Heydrich) M.L.Mendoza & Cabioch.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Lithophyllum whidbeyense Foslie

Type Information
Type locality: Whidbey Island, Washington, U.S.A,; (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 59) Lectotype: Setchell & N.L.Gardner Algae of Puget Sound, number 655; 1901; none given; TRH; A6-315 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 59) Notes: Lectotype fide L.R. Mason, 1953: 341; Collector : N.L. Gardener 655 (INA). Lectotype: TRH, Gardner 655 (UC, 739464) on Acmaea mitra shell (lectotype chosen by Mason 1953); shallow subtidal (Steneck & Paine, 1986).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 31 March 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 11 April 2022

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Taxonomic note
DNA sequencing of the lectotype specimen of Pseudolithphyllum whidbeyense revealed that this name had been misapplied and instead belongs to an undescribed coralline species in the Hapalidiales (Hind et el., 2018). - (21 February 2019) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 April 2025

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