Sporolithon howei (Me.Lemoine) N.Yamaguishi-Tomita ex M.J.Wynne 1986
Publication Details
Sporolithon howei (Me.Lemoine) N.Yamaguishi-Tomita ex M.J.Wynne 1986: 2258
Published in: Wynne, M.J. (1986). A checklist of benthic marine algae of the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic. Canadian Journal of Botany 64: 2239-2281.
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The type species (holotype) of the genus Sporolithon is Sporolithon ptychoides Heydrich.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Archaeolithothamnion howei Me.Lemoine
Type Information
Type locality: Station 2, Coiba Island, Gulf of Panama, Pacific Oceania; (Woelkerling 1998: 285) Holotype: C. Crossland; date not indicated but material forms part of the St George Expedition of 1923-1924; PC; unnumbered, General Herbarium Box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym) (Woelkerling 1998: 285) Notes: PC 0731949; attached to substratum, dredged at 9 m depth (Gabrielson et al., 2023: [6]).
Eponomy
Named for Marshall Avery Howe (1867-1936), American botanist and phycologist.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 September 2023
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 September 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 January 2025
