Lithophyllum tamiense (Heydrich) Verheij 1994
Publication Details
Lithophyllum tamiense (Heydrich) Verheij 1994: 103
Published in: Verheij, E. (1994). Nongeniculate Corallinaceae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) from the Spermonde Archipelago, SW Sulawesi, Indonesia. Blumea 39: 95-137, 96 figs.
Request PDFType 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 Lithophyllum pygmaeum (Heydrich) Heydrich.
Basionym
Lithothamnion tamiense Heydrich
Type Information
Type locality: "Von den Tami-Inseln in Deutsch-Neu-Guinea." [Tami Island, Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea]; (Heydrich 1897: 1) Lectotype: [Missionary] Bamler; date not indicated; PC; unnumbered, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym); designated by Verheij, 1993: 43 (see also Verheij, 1994: 103) (Woelkerling 1998: 363) Notes: Isolectotypes: PC, unnumbered, Sauvageau Herbarium; C, unnumbered; TRH, unnumbered, includes slide 652.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 16 September 2010
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 September 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 January 2025
