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Phymatolithon calcareum (Pallas) W.H.Adey & D.L.McKibbin, 1970 
AphiaID: 145199

Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Biliphyta (Subkingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Eurhodophytina (Subdivision) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Corallinophycidae (Subclass) > Corallinales (Order) > Hapalidiaceae (Family) > Melobesioideae (Subfamily) > Phymatolithon (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Phymatolithon Foslie, 1898
Parent Phymatolithon Foslie, 1898
Synonymised
taxa
  Apora polymorpha Gunnerus, 1768
Eleutherospora polymorpha (Linnaeus) Heydrich, 1900
Lithophyllum calcareum (Pallas) Foslie, 1898
Lithothamnion calcareum (Pallas) Areschoug, 1852 (synonym)
Lithothamnion polymorphum (Linnaeus) Areschoug, 1852 (synonym)
Melobesia calcarea (Pallas) Harvey, 1849
Melobesia compressa M'Calla, 1849
Millepora calcarea Pallas, 1766 (synonym)
Millepora polymorpha Linnaeus, 1767 (synonym)
Paraspora calcarea (Pallas) Heydrich, 1908 (synonym)
Phymatolithon polymorphum Foslie, 1898 (synonym)
Spongites calcarea (Pallas) Kützing, 1849 (synonym)
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]

additional source: Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

from synonym: Harms, J. , 1993. Check list of species (algae, invertebrates and vertebrates) found in the vicinity of the island of Helgoland (North Sea, German Bight) - a review of recent records. Helgoländer Meeresuntersuch. 47 1: 1-34. [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English common maërl  [details]
English maerl  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål buttgreinet mergel  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk buttgreina mergel  [details]
Swedish grenig kalkskorpa  [details]
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 Forma Phymatolithon calcareum f. compressum (M'Calla)
Forma Phymatolithon calcareum f. crassa Lemoine
Forma Phymatolithon calcareum f. squarrulosum Foslie
Forma Phymatolithon calcareum f. subvalida Lemoine
Environment marine
Distribution Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Helgoland (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links BIOTIC
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To Barcode of Life (32 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: photosynthetic [details]

Distribution: Bay of Fundy [details]

Importance: agriculture fertilizer [details]

Morphology: 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]

Reproduction: 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]
Images 
Phymatolithon calcareum (Pallas) W Adey et McKibbin
Phymatolithon calcareum (Pallas) W Adey et McKibbin
added on 2006-04-07 - author: BioMar-TCD
qualitystatus: checked by Guiry, Michael D. on 2013-05-03 15:55:42

Lithothamnion polymorphum
[image from synonym]
Lithothamnion polymorphum
added on 2007-02-14 - author: Józef Wiktor & Agnieszka Tatarek
qualitystatus: not checked

Lithothamnion polymorphum
[image from synonym]
Lithothamnion polymorphum
added on 2007-02-14 - author: Józef Wiktor & Agnieszka Tatarek
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145199
Taxonomic
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Phymatolithon calcareum (Pallas) W.H.Adey & D.L.McKibbin, 1970. 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=145199 on 2013-05-24
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