Pseudolithophyllum discoideum (Foslie) Me.Lemoine 1913
Publication Details
Pseudolithophyllum discoideum (Foslie) Me.Lemoine 1913: 46
Published in: Lemoine, M. (1913). Mélobésiées. Revision des Mélobésiées antarctiques. In: Deuxième Expédition Antarctique Française (1908-1910) commandée par le Dr. Jean Charcot, Sciences Naturelles: Documents Scientifiques, Botanique. (Anon. Eds) Vol. 1, pp. 1-67. Paris: Masson et Cie, Éditeurs.
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Pseudolithophyllum is Pseudolithophyllum fuegianum (Heydrich) M.L.Mendoza & Cabioch.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Spongites discoideus (Foslie) D.Penrose & Woelkerling.
Source of Synonymy
Penrose, D. & Woelkerling, W.J. (1988). A taxonomic reassessment of Hydrolithon Foslie, Porolithon Foslie and Pseudolithophyllum Lemoine emend. Adey (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta) and their relationships to Spongites Kützing. Phycologia 27: 159-176, 27 figs, 2 tables.
Basionym
Lithophyllum discoideum Foslie
Type Information
Type locality: "... on the east coast of Fuegia, at the mouth of Río Grande..." [Tierra del Fuego]; (Foslie 1900: 74) Lectotype: P.Dusén; February 1896; TRH; A9-449 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 73) Notes: See Adey & Lebednik (1967: 24). "see Adey 1970: 24 for typification" (Chamberlain (1994: 148). "It is uncertain whether Tierra del Fuego refers to Tierra del Fuego Island or the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago, and it also is uncertain whether the material was collected in Chile or Argentina." (Woelkering et al. 2005: 73). LT designated by Adey in Adey & Lebednik, 1967 (see Puckree-Padua et al, 2020; INA). Lectotype sequenced: GenBank Accession MN882573.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), discoid.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 06 September 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 December 2019
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 December 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 December 2024
