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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion glaciale Kjellman, 1883 
AphiaID: 145170

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPlantae (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorRhodophyta (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEurhodophytina (Subdivision) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorFlorideophyceae (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCorallinophycidae (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCorallinales (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHapalidiaceae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMelobesioideae (Subfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion Heydrich, 1897
Synonymised
taxa		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion battersii Foslie, 1896 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion colliculosum Foslie, 1891 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion colliculosum f. densum Foslie, 1895
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion flabellatum f. granii Foslie, 1895
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion glaciale f. colliculosum (Foslie) Rosenvinge ex Suneson, 1943
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion glaciale f. grani (Foslie) Rosenvinge, 1943
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion glaciale f. pusillum Foslie, 1905
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion glaciale var. colliculosum (Foslie) Rosenvinge, 1917
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion glaciale var. grani (Foslie) Rosenvinge, 1917
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion granii (Foslie) Foslie, 1905 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion roseum Batters, 1893
Sources  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]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editormaerl  [details]
Norwegian BokmÃ¥l Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorvorterugl  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorvorterugl  [details]
Swedish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editortaggig skorpalg  [details]
All child
taxa
[hide all]		 Forma Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion glaciale f. boreale (Foslie) Foslie, 1909

Forma Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion glaciale f. botrytoides Foslie, 1905 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion glaciale f. boreale (Foslie) Foslie, 1909
Forma Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion glaciale f. colliculosum (Foslie) Rosenvinge ex Suneson, 1943 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion glaciale Kjellman, 1883
Forma Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion glaciale f. grani (Foslie) Rosenvinge, 1943 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion glaciale Kjellman, 1883
Forma Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion glaciale f. pusillum Foslie, 1905 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion glaciale Kjellman, 1883
Forma Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion glaciale f. subfastigiatum Foslie, 1905 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion glaciale f. boreale (Foslie) Foslie, 1909
Forma Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion glaciale f. subsimplex Foslie, 1905 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion glaciale f. boreale (Foslie) Foslie, 1909
Forma Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion glaciale f. torosum Foslie, 1895 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPhymatolithon investiens (Foslie) Foslie, 1905
Forma Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion glaciale f. verrucosum (Foslie) Foslie, 1900 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion glaciale f. boreale (Foslie) Foslie, 1909
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion glaciale var. colliculosum (Foslie) Rosenvinge, 1917 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion glaciale Kjellman, 1883
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion glaciale var. grani (Foslie) Rosenvinge, 1917 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLithothamnion glaciale Kjellman, 1883
Environment marine
Distribution 
From other sources
North Atlantic Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEuropean waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGulf of Maine [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorIrish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorth West Atlantic [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorUnited Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
(no group)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSwedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorBIOTIC
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMarine Life Information Network - UK
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPublished in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (41 barcodes)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Dyntaxa
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo PESI
Notes 
From editor or global species database
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77404 [details]

From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDiet photosynthetic [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDistribution Cape Cod to Strait of Belle Isle [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHabitat in tide pools or sublittoral to 40+m where it is common on mussel shells, bottles [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMorphology Red colour results from the dominance of the pigments phycoerythrin and phycocyanin; this masks the other pigments, chlorophyll a (no chlorophyll b), beta-caratene and a number of unique xanthophylls. [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorReproduction vegetative reproduction is rare; asexual reproduction is effected by the formation of various kinds of spores; Sexual reproduction is unique in this group due to their passive, non flagellated sperm cells (spermatia) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145170
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Lithothamnion glaciale Kjellman, 1883. 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=145170 on 2013-12-06
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