Lithothamnion vanheurckii Heydrich 1905
Publication Details
Lithothamnion vanheurckii Heydrich 1905: 207, figs 1-5 (as 'Van Heurckii')
Published in: Chalon, J. (1905). Liste des algues marines observées jusqu'à ce jour entre l'Embouchure de l'Escaut et la Corogne (incl. Iles Anglo-Normandes). pp. [1]-259, 5 figs. Anvers: Imprimerie J.-E. Buschmann, rempart de la Porte du Rhin.
Request PDFPublication date: February 1905 (date appears on title page)
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 Boreolithon van-heurckii (Heydrich) A.S.Harvey & Woelkerling.
Source of Synonymy
Harvey, A.S. & Woelkerling, W.J. (1995). An account of Austrolithon intumescens gen. et. sp. nov. and Boreolithon van-heurckii (Heydrich) gen. et. comb. nov. (Austrolithoideae subfam. nov., Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 34: 362-382.
Type Information
Lectotype locality: "Jersey 1903 et 1904, Ste-Brelade, EP. sur Aglaosphenia attaché à un Halidrys. H. Y. H." [St Brelade, Jersey, Channel Islands; Aglaosphenia is a genus of hydroids of the family Aglaopheniidae]; (Harvey & Woelkerling 1995: 374) Lectotype: H. Van Heurck; February 1903; AWH; unnumbered (Harvey & Woelkerling 1995) Notes: Lectotype designated by Chamberlain & Irvine (1994: 199). Isolectotypes: TRH and PC.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 23 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 December 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 December 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024
