Hydrolithon gardineri (Foslie) Verheij & Prud'homme 1993

Publication Details
Hydrolithon gardineri (Foslie) Verheij & Prud'homme 1993: 451

Published in: Verheij, E. & Prud'homme van Reine, W.F. (1993). Seaweeds of the Spermonde Archipelago, SW Sulawesi, Indonesia. Blumea 37: 385-510, 6 figs, 1 table, 19 pls.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Hydrolithon is Hydrolithon reinboldii (Weber Bosse & Foslie) Foslie.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Porolithon gardineri (Foslie) Foslie.

Source of Synonymy
Richards, J.L., Saunders, G.W., Hughey, J.R. & Gabrielson, P.W. (2021). Reinstatement of Indian Ocean Porolithon coarctatum and P. gardineri based on sequencing type specimens, and P. epiphyticum sp. nov. (Corallinales, Rhodophyta), with comments on subfamilies Hydrolithoideae and Metagoniolithoideae. Botanica Marina 64(5): 363-377.

Basionym
Lithophyllum gardineri Foslie

Type Information
Type locality: Coetivy Reef [Chagos Archipelago, Seychelles]; (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 222) Lectotype: Gardiner; ix.1905; no habitat data on type; TRH; A28-1595 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 221)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 01 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 22 March 2022

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024

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