Lithothamnion haptericola Foslie 1906
Publication Details
Lithothamnion haptericola Foslie 1906: 8 (as 'haptericolum')
Published in: Foslie, M. (1906). Algologiske notiser II. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1906(2): 1-28.
Request PDFPublication date: between 1.xii.1906 and 26.xii.1906
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 Orthocarpa haptericola (Foslie) Athanasiadis & D.L.Ballantine.
Source of Synonymy
Athanasiadis, A. & Ballantine, D.L. (2024). Anatomy and classification of the Mesophyllaceae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta), based on phylogenetic principles. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 118: [i]-xii, [1]-216, 83 figures, 6 tables.
Type Information
Type locality: "Algen er funden paa haptere: af Ecklonia i Island Bay naerheden af Wellington, Ny Seland (Setehell, nr. 6351).: [near Wellington, Island Bay, North Island, New Zealand]; (Foslie 1906: 8) Holotype: W.A. Setchell (No. 6351); vi 1904; on holdfasts of Ecklonia [radiata?]; TRH; B17-2549 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 341) Notes: Additional data in Woelkerling (1993: 114), who mistakenly gives the type locality as the ‘Bay of Islands’. "Syntype: In UC (745591, Setchell no. 6351, includes two slides, North Island, Island Bay, near Wellington, New Zealand; Figures 75, 76)" (Athanasiadis & Ballantine 2024: 179).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 31 December 2004 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 February 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 January 2025
