WoRMS name details
Lithothamnion fruticulosum (Kützing) Foslie, 1895
238918 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238918)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
Lithothamnion fruticulosus · unaccepted
- Forma Lithothamnion fruticulosum f. flexuosa Foslie, 1895 (uncertain)
- Forma Lithothamnion fruticulosum f. clavulatum Foslie, 1901 accepted as Spongites fruticulosus Kützing, 1841
- Forma Lithothamnion fruticulosum f. confinis Foslie, 1904 accepted as Lithothamnion crispatum Hauck, 1878 accepted as Roseolithon crispatum (Hauck) P.W.Gabrielson, Maneveldt, Hughey & V.peña, 2023 (synonym)
- Forma Lithothamnion fruticulosum f. corymbiforme Foslie, 1895 accepted as Lithothamnion ungeri Kjellman, 1883 (synonym)
- Forma Lithothamnion fruticulosum f. crassiusculum Foslie, 1903 accepted as Lithothamnion minervae Basso, 1995
- Forma Lithothamnion fruticulosum f. curvirostrum Foslie, 1895 accepted as Lithothamnion ungeri f. curvirostra (Foslie) Foslie, 1898 accepted as Lithothamnion ungeri Kjellman, 1883
- Forma Lithothamnion fruticulosum f. fastigiatum Foslie, 1895 accepted as Lithothamnion dimorphum Foslie, 1895 accepted as Boreolithothamnion glaciale (Kjellman) P.W.Gabrielson, Maneveldt, Hughey & V.Peña, 2023
- Forma Lithothamnion fruticulosum f. glomeratum Foslie, 1895 accepted as Lithothamnion glaciale Kjellman, 1883 accepted as Boreolithothamnion glaciale (Kjellman) P.W.Gabrielson, Maneveldt, Hughey & V.Peña, 2023
- Forma Lithothamnion fruticulosum f. intermedium (Kjellman) Foslie, 1895 accepted as Lithothamnion intermedium Kjellman, 1883 accepted as Boreolithothamnion glaciale (Kjellman) P.W.Gabrielson, Maneveldt, Hughey & V.Peña, 2023 (synonym)
- Forma Lithothamnion fruticulosum f. nanum (Foslie) Foslie, 1895 accepted as Lithothamnion ungeri f. nanum (Foslie) Foslie, 1898 (synonym)
- Forma Lithothamnion fruticulosum f. ramulosa (Philippi) Foslie accepted as Spongites fruticulosus Kützing, 1841 (synonym)
- Forma Lithothamnion fruticulosum f. solutum Foslie, 1905 accepted as Lithothamnion corallioides (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) P.Crouan & H.Crouan, 1867 accepted as Boreolithothamnion corallioides (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) V.Peña & P.W.Gabrielson, 2025
- Variety Lithothamnion fruticulosum var. aemulans Foslie & M.Howe, 1906 accepted as Melyvonnea aemulans (Foslie & M.Howe) Athanasiadis & D.L.Ballantine, 2014
- Variety Lithothamnion fruticulosum var. occidentale Foslie, 1906 accepted as Lithothamnion occidentale (Foslie) Foslie, 1908
marine
(of Spongites fruticulosus Kützing, 1841) Kützing, F. T. (1841). Ueber die "Polypieres calcifères" des Lamouroux. In: Zu der öffentlichen Prüfung sämmtlicher Classen der Realschule zu Nordhausen ... 1841. (Fischer, K.C.F. Eds). pp. [3]-34. [details] 
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:100335
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:100335 [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Lithothamnion fruticulosum (Kützing) Foslie, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238918 on 2026-05-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Spongites fruticulosus Kützing, 1841) Kützing, F. T. (1841). Ueber die "Polypieres calcifères" des Lamouroux. In: Zu der öffentlichen Prüfung sämmtlicher Classen der Realschule zu Nordhausen ... 1841. (Fischer, K.C.F. Eds). pp. [3]-34. [details]
basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). 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. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). 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
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LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:100335 [details]
