Lithothamnion annulatum Foslie 1906
Publication Details
Lithothamnion annulatum Foslie 1906: 18
Published in: Foslie, M. (1906). Den botaniske samling [The botanical collection]. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Aarsberetning 1905: 17-24.
Publication date: 1.v.1906 and 30.xi.1906
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Lithothamnion is Lithothamnion muelleri Lenormand ex Rosanoff.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Clathromorphum annulatum (Foslie) M.L.Mendoza.
Source of Synonymy
Mendoza, M.L. (1992). Comportamiento ecológico de las Corallinales no geniculadas (Rhodophyta) de las costas del canal de Beagle, Argentina. Revista de la Facultad de Oceanografia, Pesquería y Ciencias Alimentarias, Universidad Nacional Federico Villareal 2: 124-142?.
Type Information
Type locality: Betsy Cove, Kerguelen Island; (Woelkerling 1998: 330) Holotype: Nauman; Gazelle Exp. 1874-1875 [= German Transit of Venus Expedition 1874-1876]; 1874-1875; no habitat data on type; TRH; TRH B2-1679; includes slides 1061-1063 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 237) Notes: Holotype fragment: PC, unnumbered, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym). See also Athanasiadis & Ballantine (2024: 33).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), with rings (Griffith 2004).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 28 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 February 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 December 2024
