Lithophyllum lamii Me.Lemoine 1931
Current name:
Phymatolithon lamii (Me.Lemoine) Y.M.Chamberlain
Spanish Point, Co. Clare, Ireland; low intertidal rock - 04 August 2004. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Lithophyllum lamii Me.Lemoine 1931: 13, fig. 4; pl. 2: fig. 1
Published in: Lemoine, M. (1931). Les algues mélobésiées de la région de Saint-Servan. Bulletin du Laboratoire maritime du Muséum d'histoire naturelle à Saint-Servan 7: 1-20.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Lithophyllum is Lithophyllum incrustans Philippi.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Phymatolithon lamii (Me.Lemoine) Y.M.Chamberlain.
Source of Synonymy
Chamberlain, Y.M. (1991). Observations on Phymatolithon lamii (Lemoine) Y. Chamberlain comb. nov. (Rhodophyta, Corallinales) in the British Isles with an assessment of its relationship to P. rugulosum, Lithophyllum lamii and L. melobesioides. British Phycological Journal 26(3): 219-233.
Type Information
Lectotype locality: St Servan, Pointe de Cancaval, Rance, France; (Chamberlain 1991: 219) Lectotype (Chamberlain 1991, figs 1, 3 (photographs)): R. Lami, no. 30; 1930; dredged from 8 m; PC; (Chamberlain 1991: 219, 220) Notes: Woelkerling (1998:315): no. 26, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym); designated by Chamberlain, 1991: 219, 220. Isolectotypes: PC, no. 21, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym); PC, no. 11, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 03 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 October 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 October 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
