Lithothamnion stroemfeltii f. tenuissimum Foslie, nom. illeg. 1895

Publication Details
Lithothamnion stroemfeltii f. tenuissimum Foslie, nom. illeg. 1895: 145

Published in: Foslie, M. (1895). The Norwegian forms of Lithothamnion. Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1894: 29-208, 23 pls.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Lithothamnion is Lithothamnion muelleri Lenormand ex Rosanoff.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Phymatolithon lenormandii (Areschoug) W.H.Adey.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 10 May 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 03 October 2017

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Nomenclatural note
The name Lithothamnion stroemfeltii f. tenuissimum first appeared in the independently paginated offprint (5 December 1895) and subsequently (30 December 1895) on p. 173 of the journal version of Foslie (1895) (see Woelkerling 1993: 277 for details).

As noted by Düwel & Wegeberg (1966: 472-473), it is a superfluous and thus illegitimate name for Lithophylum lenormandii f. laeve Foslie. The latter name is typified by the type of Lithophyllum laeve Strömfelt (Adey et al. 2001: 192). The holotype of L. laeve was considered by Düwel & Wegeberg (1996) to be demonstrably ambiguous and not critically identifiable for purposes of the precise application of a name to a taxon, necessitating designation of an epitype. Based on the study of relevant types and other specimens, Düwel & Wegeberg (1996) concluded that the designated epitype of Leptophytum laeve Adey (1966) was conspecific with the type of Phymatolithon lenormandii. - (24 February 2013)

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 October 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 April 2025

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