WoRMS taxon details
Lithophyllum incrustans R.A.Philippi, 1837
AphiaID: 145152
AphiaID: 145152
| Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Biliphyta (Subkingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Eurhodophytina (Subdivision) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Corallinophycidae (Subclass) > Corallinales (Order) > Corallinaceae (Family) > Lithophylloideae (Subfamily) > Lithophyllum (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Lithophyllum Philippi, 1837 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Corallium cretaceum lichenoides Ellis, 1755 (synonym) Crodelia incrustans (Philippi) Heydrich, 1911 Lithophyllum incrustans f. angulata Foslie Lithophyllum incrustans f. depressa (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Foslie Lithothamnion depressum P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1867 Lithothamnion incrustans (Philippi) Foslie, 1895 Lithothamnion incrustans f. depressum (P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan) Foslie, 1895 (synonym) Lithothamnion polymorphum f. confluens (Kützing) Vinassa, 1892 (synonym) Melobesia polymorpha Harvey, 1843 Spongites confluens Kützing, 1841 | |||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details] basis of record: Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Silva, C., P. Basson & R. Moe (1996). Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Volume 79 of University of California Publications in Botany (ISBN 0-520-09810-2). [details] | |||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Forma Lithophyllum incrustans f. flabellata Heydrich Variety Lithophyllum incrustans var. harveyi Foslie Variety Lithophyllum incrustans var. subdichotomum Heydrich Forma Lithophyllum incrustans f. angulata Foslie accepted as Lithophyllum incrustans R.A.Philippi, 1837 Forma Lithophyllum incrustans f. dentata (Kützing) Heydrich, 1901 accepted as Lithophyllum dentatum (Kützing) Foslie, 1900 Forma Lithophyllum incrustans f. depressa (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Foslie accepted as Lithophyllum incrustans R.A.Philippi, 1837 Forma Lithophyllum incrustans f. fasciculata (Lamarck) Heydrich, 1905 accepted as Lithophyllum fasciculatum (Lamarck) Foslie, 1898 Forma Lithophyllum incrustans f. incrassatum Foslie, 1900 accepted as Lithophyllum acrocamptum Heydrich, 1902 | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Distribution | European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Mauritius [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Reunion [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | |||||||
| Host of |
Heteranthessius scotti Bocquet, Stock & Benard, 1959 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Zygomolgus curtiramus (Bocquet & Stock, 1962) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||
| Links | BIOTIC Marine Life Information Network - UK Published in AlgaeBase  To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) To PESI To ITIS | |||||||
| Note |
Habitat: Known from the nearshore. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145152 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Lithophyllum incrustans R.A.Philippi, 1837. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2013). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145152 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||
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