Goniolithon onkodes (Heydrich) Foslie 1898

Publication Details
Goniolithon onkodes (Heydrich) Foslie 1898: 8

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Goniolithon is Goniolithon papillosum (Zanardini ex Hauck) Foslie.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Porolithon onkodes (Heydrich) Foslie.

Source of Synonymy
Womersley, H.B.S. (1996). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIIB - Gracilariales, Rhodymeniales, Corallinales and Bonnemaisoniales. pp. [1]-392, 160 figs. Canberra & Adelaide: Australian Biological Resources Study with assistance from the State Herbarium of South Australia.

Basionym
Lithothamnion onkodes Heydrich

Type Information
Type locality: "An Corallenriffen von den Tami-Inseln, nordwestliche Ecke des Huon-Golfes, Deutsch-Neu-Guinea." [Tami Island, Gulf of Huon, Papua New Guinea]; (Woelkerling 1998: 357) Lectotype (designated by Adey & al., 1982: 9): Georg Bamler; March 1892; TRH; A26-1494; Heydrich no. 97 (Woelkerling 1998: 357) Notes: Isolectotype: PC, unnumbered, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 25 October 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 21 April 2009

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 April 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 November 2024

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