Lithoderma fluviatile Areschoug 1875

Current name:
Heribaudiella fluviatilis (Areschoug) Svedelius
Surface view of chemically bleached crust. Collected by Susanne Schneider, River Setninga, fylke Hedmark, Norway - 05 July 2011. C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Lithoderma fluviatile Areschoug 1875: 24, no fig.
Published in: Areschoug, J.E. (1875). Observationes phycologicae. Particula tertia. De algis nonnullis scandinavicis et de conjuctione Phaeozoosporarum Dictyosiphonis hippuroidis. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis, Series 3 10(1): 1-36, pls I-III.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Lithoderma is Lithoderma fatiscens Areschoug.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Heribaudiella fluviatilis (Areschoug) Svedelius.
Source of Synonymy
Svedelius, N. (1930). Über die sogenannten Süsswasser-Lithoderman. Zeitschrift für Botanik 23: 891-918.
Type Information
Type locality: "ex gr. infra Qvarnbo loco arenoso in ipsa lira amnis et ad Lilla Wardsätra prope Molam...Anno 1853 primum inventa. Aestivalis."; (Athanasiadis 1996: 186) Type: UPS?;
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 26 June 2000 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 09 February 2015
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 February 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 April 2025