Hydrolithon farinosum (J.V.Lamouroux) Penrose & Y.M.Chamberlain 1993
Current name:
Hydrolithon farinosum (J.V.Lamouroux) Penrose & Y.M.Chamberlain
Hawaii; on Sargassum; scale is 1 mm - 12 August 2011. J.M. Huisman
Publication Details
Hydrolithon farinosum (J.V.Lamouroux) Penrose & Y.M.Chamberlain 1993: 295, figs 1-19
Published in: Penrose, D. & Chamberlain, Y.M. (1993). Hydrolithon farinosum (Lamouroux) comb. nov.: implications for generic concepts in the Mastophoroideae (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 32: 295-303, 19 figs.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Hydrolithon is Hydrolithon reinboldii (Weber Bosse & Foslie) Foslie.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Melobesia farinosa J.V.Lamouroux
Type Information
Lectotype locality: Mediterranean [unspecified locality]; (Chamberlain 1994: 123) Lectotype: on Sargassum linifolium; CN; Herb. Lamouroux; specimen sine numero (Chamberlain 1994: 123) Notes: Chamberlain and Irvine (1994) recommend consulting Penrose & Chamberlain (1993) for more information on the lectotype.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), mealy, covered with farina (flour-like, powdery covering) (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Habitat
A cosmopolitan species found on various algae and on the seagrass Amphibolis antarctica (Womersley 1996: 261). In southern Australia plants have been found intertidally as epiphytes on reef tops, in tide pools and subtidally to depths of 15 m; they grow commonly on Sargassum, on various other brown algae including Acrocarpia, Hormophysa, and Zonaria, and on the seagrass Amphibolis antarctica; also occurs elsewhere on Zostera, Cystoseira foeniculacea, Udotea, Enhalus, Thalassia, Dilophus, Padina and Thalassodendron (Penrose & Chamberlain 1993: 296).
Created: 16 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 07 March 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
