Lithophyllum chamberlainianum Woelkerling & S.J.Campbell 1992

Publication Details
Lithophyllum chamberlainianum Woelkerling & S.J.Campbell 1992: 34, figs 16-21

Published in: Woelkerling, W.J. & Campbell, S.J. (1992). An account of the southern Australian species of Lithophyllum (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Botany 22: 1-107, 63 figs, 13 tables, 4 maps.

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Publication date: "Issued 25 June 1992"

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 Titanoderma chamberlainianum (Woelkerling & S.T.Campbell) Athanasiadis & D.L.Ballantine.

Type Information
Holotype locality: Lucky Bay, Cape Le Grand National Park, Esperance, Western Australia; (Woelkerling & Campbell 1992: 34) Holotype: Woelkerling, Platt & Jones; 9 February 1984; Epiphytic on Laurencia; LTB; 14334 (Woelkerling & Campbell 1992: 34)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Found in intertidal rocky reef pools and subtidally at depths of 0.1-3 m on a variety of algal hosts including species of Apjohnia, Caulerpa, Acrocarpia, Sargassum, Scaberia, Zonaria, Laurencia, Metamastophora and Osmundaria; specimens also on limpets, snails and abalone (Woelkerling & Campbell 1992: 36). Also on the seagrass Amphibolis antarctica... and subtidally to depths of 10 m (Womersley 1996: 221).

Created: 01 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 27 February 2024

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