Goniolithon brassica-florida (Harvey) Foslie 1898

Publication Details
Goniolithon brassica-florida (Harvey) Foslie 1898: 9

Published in: Foslie, M. (1898). List of species of the Lithothamnia. Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1898(3): 1-11.

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Publication date: 24.xii.1898

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Goniolithon is Goniolithon papillosum (Zanardini ex Hauck) Foslie.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Neogoniolithon brassica-florida (Harvey) Setchell & L.R.Mason.

Source of Synonymy
Setchell, W.A. & Mason, L.R. (1943). Goniolithon and Neogoniolithon: two genera of crustaceous coralline algae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 29: 87-92.

Basionym
Melobesia brassica-florida Harvey

Type Information
Type locality: Algoa Bay, Cape Province, South Africa; (Silva & al. 1996: 261) Lectotype: Herb. Bowerbank?; BM; algal box collection no. 78 (Penrose 1996: 281) Notes: Designated by Penrose & Chamberlain (in Woelkerling 1992: 43).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 21 July 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 February 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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