Porolithon boergesenii (Foslie) Me.Lemoine 1917
Publication Details
Porolithon boergesenii (Foslie) Me.Lemoine 1917: 178, figs 168, 169
Published in: Børgesen, F. (1917). The marine algae of the Danish West Indies. Part 3. Rhodophyceae (3). Dansk Botanisk Arkiv 3: 145-240, figs 149-230.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Porolithon is Porolithon onkodes (Heydrich) Foslie.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Hydrolithon boergesenii (Foslie) Foslie.
Source of Synonymy
Foslie, M. (1909). Algologiske notiser VI. Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1909(2): 1-63.
Basionym
Goniolithon boergesenii Foslie
Type Information
Type locality: St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands; (Yoshida 1998: 559) Lectotype: i-iii.1892;; no habitat data on type; TRH; A14-720 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 107) Notes: West Indies: St. Croix (coll. Börgesen) (INA).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 21 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 September 2013
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 September 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 November 2024
