Archaeolithothamnion dimotum Foslie & M.Howe 1906
Publication Details
Archaeolithothamnion dimotum Foslie & M.Howe 1906: 128, pl. 80: fig. 1; pl. 87
Published in: Foslie, M. & Howe, M.A. (1906). New American coralline algae. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden 4: 128-136, pls 80-93.
Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sporolithon ptychoides Heydrich.
Source of Synonymy
Richards, J.L., Sauvage, T., Schmidt, W.E., Fredericq, S., Hughey, J.R. & Gabrielson, P.W. (2017). The coralline genera Sporolithon and Heydrichia (Sporolithales, Rhodophyta) clarified by sequencing type material of their generitypes and other species. Journal of Phycology 53(5): 1044-1059.
Type Information
Type locality: Lemon Bay near Guánica, Puerto Rico; (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 476) Holotype: M.A. Howe No. 2667; 27.vi.1903; on rocks at low water mark; NY; (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 476) Notes: Isotype at TRH C19-3380. Holotype: NY 00900043 (M.A. Howe 2667) (Richards et al., 2017:1052).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 19 September 2001 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 03 November 2018
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Paul Gabrielson in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 November 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 September 2024