Titanoderma confine (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) J.H.Price, D.M.John & G.W.Lawson 1986
Publication Details
Titanoderma confine (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) J.H.Price, D.M.John & G.W.Lawson 1986: 86 (as 'confinis')
Published in: Price, J.H., John, D.M. & Lawson, G.W. (1986). Seaweeds of the western coast of tropical Africa and adjacent islands: a critical assessment. IV. Rhodophyta (Florideae). 1. Genera A-F. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Botany 15: 1-122, 1 fig.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Titanoderma is Titanoderma pustulatum (J.V.Lamouroux) Nägeli.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Titanoderma pustulatum (J.V.Lamouroux) Nägeli.
Source of Synonymy
Woelkerling, W.J. & Campbell, S.J. (1992). An account of the southern Australian species of Lithophyllum (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Botany 22: 1-107, 63 figs, 13 tables, 4 maps.
Basionym
Melobesia confinis P.Crouan & H.Crouan
Type Information
Type locality: Rade de Brest, Finistère, France; (Chamberlain 1991: 50) Lectotype: Crouan frat.; date not indicated; CO; (Chamberlain 1991: 50) Notes: Material in PC marked marked "ex herb. Crouan" unnumbered, General Herbarium (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet affixed to a herbarium sheet), may be a fragment of the lectotype in CO.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 11 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 February 2017
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Nomenclatural note
Treated as taxonomically valid by Athanasiadis (2016: 304). - (03 February 2017) - M.D. Guiry
Taxonomic note
According to Babbini & Bressan (1997) this species is a synonym of Titanoderma pustulatum var. confine (P. & H. Crouan) Chamberlain. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 April 2025
