Dermatolithon pustulatum var. macrocarpum (Rosanoff) Howe ex Boudouresque, Perret-Boudouresque & Knoepffler-Peguy 1984
Publication Details
Dermatolithon pustulatum var. macrocarpum (Rosanoff) Howe ex Boudouresque, Perret-Boudouresque & Knoepffler-Peguy 1984: 46
Published in: Boudouresque, C.-F., Perret-Boudouresque, M. & Knoepffler-Peguy, M. (1984). Inventaire des algues marines benthiques dans le Pyrénées-Orientales (Méditerranée, France)/A checklist of benthic marine algae from Pyrénées-Orientales (Mediterranean, France). Vie et Milieu 34: 41-59. [in French, English abstract]
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dermatolithon is Dermatolithon pustulatum (J.V.Lamouroux) Foslie.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Titanoderma pustulatum (J.V.Lamouroux) Nägeli.
Basionym
Melobesia macrocarpa Rosanoff
Type Information
Type locality: Rochers des Flamands, Cherbourg, France; (Woelkerling 1998: 374) Lectotypes: collector not indicated; 19.iii.1863; CHE; Le Jolis' Algues Marines de Cherbourg, no. 276; designated by Chamberlain, 1986: 205 (Woelkerling 1998: 374) Notes: Isolectotypes: PC, Le Jolis' Algues Marines de Cherbourg no. 276, Thuret-Bornet Herbarium (algal fascicle 130, filed under Melobesia macrocarpa); PC, Le Jolis' Algues Marines de Cherbourg no. 276, General Herbarium (non-fossil; filed under non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet affixed to a herbarium sheet); L, 941.156-125 (see Woelkerling & Verheij, 1995: 63); TRH, Le Jolis' Algues Marines de Cherbourg no. 276, includes slide 574 (see Woelkerling, 1993: 140). Habitat: on Phyllophora crispa (Irvine & Chamberlain 1994: 108).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), having pustules (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 20 July 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 January 2024
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Nomenclatural notes
Listed as a forma by Chamberlain & Irvine in Irvine & Chamberlain (1994: 108) - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Combination also proposed by Howe ex C.F. Boudouresque, M. Perret-Boudouresque & M. Knoepffler-Peguy 1984, Vie et Milieu 34: 46, but it is invalid: basionym not cited (INA) - (18 February 2018) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 January 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 April 2025
