Hydrolithon samoënse (Foslie) Keats & Y.M.Chamberlain 1994
Publication Details
Hydrolithon samoënse (Foslie) Keats & Y.M.Chamberlain 1994: 15, figs 31-54
Published in: Keats, D.W. & Chamberlain, Y.M. (1994). Three species of Hydrolithon (Rhodophyta, Corallinaceae): Hydrolithon onkodes (Heydrich) Penrose and Woelkerling, Hydrolithon superficiale sp. nov., and H. samoënse (Foslie) comb. nov. from South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 60: 8-21, 54 figs.
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 Harveylithon samoënse (Foslie) A.Rösler, Perfectti, V.Peña & J.C.Braga.
Source of Synonymy
Rösler, A., Perfectti, F., Peña, V. & Braga, J.C. (2016). Phylogenetic relationships of Corallinaceae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta): taxonomic implications for reef-building corallines. Journal of Phycology 52(3): 412-431.
Basionym
Lithophyllum samoënse Foslie
Type Information
Lectotype locality: Samoa, Savai'i Island, Western Samoa.; (Chamberlain & Irvine 1994: 126) Lectotype (designated by Adey & Lebednik 1967: 17?): Reichinger; July 1905; TRH; A2-111, includes slides 1099 (missing), 1100 and 1101; designated by Woelkerling, 1993, 193 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 36) Notes: Paratype: PC unnumbered, Thuret-Bornet Herbarium (box collection, filed under Lithothamnion decipiens). See Woelkerling (1998: 324).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 16 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 July 2016
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 July 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
