WoRMS name details
Lithophyllum tortuosum (Esper) Foslie, 1900
145161 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145161)
unaccepted
Species
Millepora tortuosa Esper, 1797 · unaccepted (the name of the hydrocoral genus...)
the name of the hydrocoral genus Millepora has erroneously been used for algae
- Forma Lithophyllum tortuosum f. crassa (Lloyd) Me.Lemoine
- Forma Lithophyllum tortuosum f. decumbens Foslie
- Subspecies Lithophyllum tortuosum subsp. ercegovicii Lovric, 1971
- Forma Lithophyllum tortuosum f. cristatum (Meneghini) Foslie, 1900 accepted as Tenarea tortuosa (Esper) Me.Lemoine, 1910 (synonym)
marine
(of Millepora tortuosa Esper, 1797) Esper, E.J.C. (1791-1797). Forsetzungen der Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet hebst Beschreibungen. <em>Nürnberg.</em> 1: 1-1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.118730 [details]
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:75153
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:75153 [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Lithophyllum tortuosum (Esper) Foslie, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145161 on 2025-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Millepora tortuosa Esper, 1797) Esper, E.J.C. (1791-1797). Forsetzungen der Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet hebst Beschreibungen. <em>Nürnberg.</em> 1: 1-1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.118730 [details]
basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., 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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., 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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:75153 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ハチノスイシ | [details] |
Published in AlgaeBase 
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Millepora tortuosa Esper, 1797)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Millepora tortuosa Esper, 1797)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To PESI
Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Millepora tortuosa Esper, 1797)To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Millepora tortuosa Esper, 1797)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To PESI
