Dermatolithon crouaniorum (Foslie) Hamel & Me.Lemoine 1953
Current name:
Lithophyllum crouaniorum Foslie
Black Rock near Whitechurch on Millisle to Ballywalter Road, Co. Down, Ireland. Grid ref. J6370. Coll O. Morton 27th June 1985, conf. Y.M. Chamberlain (Ulster Museum F5321d); on rock, overgrowing other crustose coralline algaeBernard Picton (Bernard.Picton@magni.org.uk)
Publication Details
Dermatolithon crouaniorum (Foslie) Hamel & Me.Lemoine 1953: 62
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dermatolithon is Dermatolithon pustulatum (J.V.Lamouroux) Foslie.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lithophyllum crouaniorum Foslie.
Source of Synonymy
Guiry, M.D. (1997). Benthic red, brown and green algae. In: The Species Directory of the Marine Fauna and Flora of the British Isles and Surrounding Seas. (Howson, C.M. & Picton, B.E. Eds), pp. 341-367. Belfast & Ross-on-Wye: Ulster Museum & Marine Conservation Society.
Basionym
Lithophyllum crouaniorum Foslie
Type Information
Lectotype locality: Berwick-upon Tweed, Northumberland, England; (Chamberlain & Irvine 1994: 61) Lectotype: E.A.L. Batters; March 1896; on Laminaria; TRH; A2-74 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 32) Notes: Chamberlain and Irvine (1994) recommend consulting Adey & Lebednik (1967: 67); Adey, (1970: 5); Chamberlain et al. (1988: 178) for further information on the lectotype of this species.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 14 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 September 2014
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Paul Gabrielson in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 September 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 December 2024
