Lithophyllum agariciformis (Pallas) Falkenberg 1879

Publication Details
Lithophyllum agariciformis (Pallas) Falkenberg 1879: 265

Published in: Falkenberg, P. (1879). Die Meeres-Algen des Golfes von Neapel. Nach Beobachtungen in der Zool. Station während der Jahre 1877-78 zusammengestellt. Mittheilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel 1: 218-277.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Lithophyllum is Lithophyllum incrustans Philippi.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Mesophyllum lichenoides (J.Ellis) Me.Lemoine.

Basionym
Millepora agariciformis Pallas

Type Information
Type locality: "Locus: Mare Numidicum & Atlanticum" [Numidian Sea (Algeria) and Atlantic]; (Pallas 1766: 264) Notes: Type: not designated (Woelkerling 1998c: 248, Athanasiadis 1999: 243). There is no syntype material in TRH Woelkering et al. (2005: 258). It crosses one's mind that if no type has been designated it is not possible to say that this name is synonymous with Mesophyllum lichenoides, as widely accepted, given the lack of reliability in identification of crustose corallines. Several pre-Linnaean names are cited by Pallas.

Created: 05 August 2005 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 30 September 2013

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 September 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024

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