Dermatolithon hapalidioides var. confine (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Foslie 1899

Publication Details
Dermatolithon hapalidioides var. confine (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Foslie 1899: 12

Type 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 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: 09 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 September 2014

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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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Paul Gabrielson in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 September 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 April 2025