Lithophyllum gardineri Foslie 1907
Current name:
Porolithon gardineri (Foslie) Foslie
Yonge Reef, outer barrier reef, 25m, overhang on steep wall - 20 January 2012. Russell Kelley (www.byoguides.com)
Publication Details
Lithophyllum gardineri Foslie 1907: 30
Published in: Foslie, M. (1907). Algologiske notiser III. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1906(8): 1-34.
Request PDFPublication date: between 21 vi.1907 and 29.vi.1907
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 Porolithon gardineri (Foslie) Foslie.
Source of Synonymy
Richards, J.L., Saunders, G.W., Hughey, J.R. & Gabrielson, P.W. (2021). Reinstatement of Indian Ocean Porolithon coarctatum and P. gardineri based on sequencing type specimens, and P. epiphyticum sp. nov. (Corallinales, Rhodophyta), with comments on subfamilies Hydrolithoideae and Metagoniolithoideae. Botanica Marina 64(5): 363-377.
Type Information
Type locality: Coetivy Reef [Chagos Archipelago, Seychelles]; (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 222) Lectotype: Gardiner; ix.1905; no habitat data on type; TRH; A28-1595 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 221)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 25 October 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 22 March 2022
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Citing AlgaeBase
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 December 2024
