Lithothamnion lichenoides f. antarcticum (Hooker f. & Harvey) Foslie 1898
Publication Details
Lithothamnion lichenoides f. antarcticum (Hooker f. & Harvey) Foslie 1898: 7 (as 'antarctica')
Published in: Foslie, M. (1898). List of species of the Lithothamnia. Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1898(3): 1-11.
Request PDFPublication date: 24.xii.1898
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 Carlskottsbergia antarctica (Hooker f. & Harvey) Athanasiadis.
Source of Synonymy
May, D.I. & Woelkerling, W.J. (1988). Studies on the genus Synarthrophyton (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta) and its type species, S. patena (J.D. Hooker et W.H. Harvey) Townsend. Phycologia 27: 50-71, 40 figs, 3 tables.
Basionym
Melobesia verrucata var. antarctica Hooker f. & Harvey
Type Information
Syntype localities: "Hab. Var. ß. Herrnite Island, Cape Horn ; the Falkland Islands, and Kerguelen's Land; encrusting shells, and the sterns of Algae, particularly of Ballia Brunonis."; (Harvey & Hooker 1847: 482) Lectotype: J.D. Hooker; BM; unnumbered (Wilks & Woelkerling 1995: 560) Notes: Lectotype locality: Hermite Island (Cape Horn). Designated by May & Woelkerling (1988: 68).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), like a lichen.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 27 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 August 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 August 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024
