Archaeolithothamnion howei Me.Lemoine 1929
Publication Details
Archaeolithothamnion howei Me.Lemoine 1929: 40, figs. 1, 2, pl. I: fig. 4
Published in: Lemoine, Mme P. [M.] (1929). Les Corallinacées de l'Archipel des Galapagos et du Golfe de Panama. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle [Paris], Sixième Série 4: 37-88, 35 figs, IV pls.
Request PDFPublication date: "Ce volume a été publié en Décembre 1929"
Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sporolithon howei (Me.Lemoine) N.Yamaguishi-Tomita ex M.J.Wynne.
Source of Synonymy
Woelkerling, W.J. (1998). Type collections of non-geniculate corallines housed at the Laboratoire de Cryptogamie (PC). In: Non-geniculate coralline red algae and the Paris Muséum: systematics and scientific history. (Woelkerling, W.J. Eds), pp. 279-404. Paris: Muséum National d'Histoire naturelle / ADAC.
Type Information
Type locality: Station 2, Coiba Island, Gulf of Panama, Pacific Oceania; (Woelkerling 1998: 285) Holotype: C. Crossland; date not indicated but material forms part of the St George Expedition of 1923-1924; PC; unnumbered, General Herbarium Box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym) (Woelkerling 1998: 285) Notes: PC 0731949; attached to substratum, dredged at 9 m depth (Gabrielson et al., 2023: [6]).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 16 September 2000 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 September 2023
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 September 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 January 2025
