Lithothamnion kaiseri Heydrich 1897
Publication Details
Lithothamnion kaiseri Heydrich 1897: 64, pl. III [3]: figs. 8, 12, 13 (as ''kaiserii'')
Published in: Heydrich, F. (1897). Corallinaceae, insbesondere Melobesieae. Berichte der deutsche botanischen Gesellschaft 15: 34-70, 3 figs, pl. III.
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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 Lithophyllum kaiseri (Heydrich) Heydrich.
Source of Synonymy
Heydrich, F. (1897). Melobesiae. Berichte der deutsche botanischen Gesellschaft 15(7): 403-420, pl. XVIII [18].
Type Information
Type locality: El Tor, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt; (Basso & al.: 188) Lectotype (designated by Basso & al. 2015: 188): Dr A. Kaiser; on Corals; TRH; A20-1264 (Basso & al.: 188) Notes: Basso & al. (2015: 188). "LECTOTYPE: TRH, A20-1264 (Fig. 4), exclusively the small specimen in the box of the syntype of Heydrich no. 60, including thin section 6, is designated here as lectotype of Lithophyllum kaiseri (arrow on right in Fig. 4D). The larger specimen and the thin section 1150 are here excluded from the type material of Lithophyllum kaiseri. Details of the nomenclatural history are reported by Woelkerling 1993: 132; Woelkerling et al. 2005: 170." Isolectotype: NY 00945463; exclusively the largest specimen in the box is designated (by Hernandez-Kantun 2016: 625) as an isolectotype.
Eponomy
Named for the the collector, Dr. A. Kaiser.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 12 July 2001 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 07 March 2023
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