Lithophyllum
Genus of algae
Lithophyllum
Undersurface of Lithophyllum orbiculatum , showing hypothallus and perithallus
Scientific classification
Clade :
Archaeplastida
Division:
Rhodophyta
Class:
Florideophyceae
Order:
Corallinales
Family:
Corallinaceae
Subfamily:
Lithophylloideae
Genus:
Lithophyllum Philippi , 1837
Species
107 species, see text
Synonyms
Hyperantherella Heydrich, 1900Lithothamnium R.A.Philippi, 1837Melobesia Heydrich, 1897Perispermon Heydrich, 1900 (synonym)Pseudolithophyllum Marie Lemoine, 1913Stichospora Heydrich, 1900Tenarea Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1832[ 1]
Lithophyllum red algae belonging to the family Corallinaceae .
Lithophyllum stictaeforme .L. orbiculatum on a rock fragment; rock length ~3 cm.Lithophyllum okamurae Lithophyllum sp.
Fossil record
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Silurian to the Quaternary (from about 418.7 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Europe, United States, South America, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, India, Japan and Australia.[ 2]
Description
The monomerous, crustose thalli are composed of a single system of filaments which grow close to the underlying surface. Lithophyllum reproduces by means of conceptacles . The epithallus is periodically shed to avoid organisms growing on top of the alga.[ 3] [ 4]
Species
The valid species currently considered to belong to this genus are:[ 1]
Lithophyllum acanthinum Foslie, 1907 Lithophyllum accedens Foslie, 1907 Lithophyllum acrocamptum Heydrich, 1902 Lithophyllum aequum Foslie, 1907 Lithophyllum albanense Lemoine, 1924 Lithophyllum almanense Lemoine, 1920 Lithophyllum alternans M. Lemoine, 1929 Lithophyllum amplostratum W.R. Taylor, 1945 Lithophyllum aninae Foslie, 1907 Lithophyllum antillarum Foslie & Howe, 1906 Lithophyllum atalayense Lemoine, 1920 Lithophyllum azorum M. Lemoine Lithophyllum bahrijense Bosence, 1983 Lithophyllum balmeri (Heydrich) Heydrich Lithophyllum bamleri (Heydrich) Heydrich, 1897 Lithophyllum belgicum Foslie, 1909 Lithophyllum bipartitum M. Lemoine Lithophyllum brachiatum (Heydrich) M. Lemoine, 1929 Lithophyllum byssoides (Lamarck) Foslie, 1900 Lithophyllum californiense Heydrich, 1901 Lithophyllum canescens (Foslie) Foslie, 1905 Lithophyllum carpophylli (Heydrich) Heydrich, 1897 Lithophyllum chamberlainianum Woelkerling & S.J. Campbell, 1992 Lithophyllum complexum M. Lemoine, 1929 Lithophyllum congestum (Foslie) Foslie, 1900 Lithophyllum corallinae (P.L. Crouan & H.M. Crouan) Heydrich, 1897 Lithophyllum crodelioides Boudouresque Lithophyllum cuneatum Keats, 1995 Lithophyllum cystoseirae (Hauck) Heydrich, 1897 Lithophyllum decussatum (J. Ellis & Solander) Philippi, 1837 Lithophyllum dentatum (Kützing), Foslie 1900 Lithophyllum detrusum Foslie, 1906 Lithophyllum dispar (Foslie) Foslie, 1909 Lithophyllum divaricatum M. Lemoine, 1929 Lithophyllum dublancqui Lemoine, 1918 Lithophyllum duckerae Woelkerling, 1983 Lithophyllum elegans (Foslie) Foslie, 1900 Lithophyllum esperi (M. Lemoine) South & Tittley Lithophyllum falkandicum (Foslie) Foslie, 1906 Lithophyllum fasciculatum (Lamarck) Foslie, 1900 Lithophyllum fernandezianum Lemoine, 1920 Lithophyllum fetum Foslie, 1907 Lithophyllum flavescens Keats, 1997 Lithophyllum giraudii Lemoine, 1918 Lithophyllum gracile Foslie Lithophyllum grumosum (Foslie) Foslie, 1898 Lithophyllum hancockii E.Y. Dawson , 1944 Lithophyllum hermaphroditum (Heydrich) W.J. Woelkerling, 1991 Lithophyllum hibernicum Foslie, 1906 Lithophyllum imitans Foslie, 1909 Lithophyllum impressum Foslie, 1905 Lithophyllum incrustans Philippi, 1837 Lithophyllum insipidum Adey, Townsend & Boykins, 1982 Lithophyllum intermedium Foslie, 1906 Lithophyllum irregulare (Foslie) Huvé ex Steentoft Lithophyllum irvineanum Woelkerling & S.J. Campbell, 1992 Lithophyllum johansenii Woelkerling & Campbell, 1992 Lithophyllum kotschyanum Unger, 1858 Lithophyllum lapidea Foslie, 1906 Lithophyllum leptothalloideum Pilger Lithophyllum lithophylloides Heydrich, 1901 Lithophyllum lividum Lemoine, 1930 Lithophyllum margaritae (Hariot) Heydrich, 1901 Lithophyllum mgarrense Bosence, 1983 Lithophyllum mutabile M. Lemonie, 1929 Lithophyllum neoatalayense Masaki, 1968 Lithophyllum nitorum W.H. Adey & P.J. Adey, 1973 Lithophyllum okamurae Foslie, 1900 Lithophyllum orbiculatum (Foslie) Foslie, 1900 Lithophyllum pallescens (Foslie) Foslie, 1900 Lithophyllum papillosum Zanardini ex Hauck, 1885 Lithophyllum paradoxum Foslie, 1908 Lithophyllum pinguiense Heydrich, 1901 Lithophyllum polycarpum Zanardini Lithophyllum polycephalum Foslie Lithophyllum polyclonum Foslie, 1905 Lithophyllum prelichenoides M. Lemoine, 1939 Lithophyllum premoluccense Lemoine, 1918 Lithophyllum preprototypum Me. Lemoine, 1917 Lithophyllum proboscideum (Foslie) Foslie, 1900 Lithophyllum prototypum (Foslie) Foslie, 1905 Lithophyllum punctatum Foslie, 1906 Lithophyllum pustulatum (J.V. Lamouroux) Foslie, 1904 Lithophyllum pygmaeum (Heydrich) Heydrich, 1897 Lithophyllum racemus (Lamarck) Foslie, 1901 Lithophyllum reesei E.Y. Dawson, 1960 Lithophyllum retusum (Foslie) Foslie Lithophyllum rileyi M. Lemoine, 1929 Lithophyllum rugosum (Foslie) Lemoine, 1913 Lithophyllum sancti-georgei M. Lemoine, 1929 Lithophyllum shioense Foslie, 1906 Lithophyllum sierra-blancae Howe, 1934 Lithophyllum simile Foslie, 1909 Lithophyllum skottsbergii Lemoine, 1920 Lithophyllum stephensonii (M. Lemoine) Lithophyllum stictaeforme (J.E. Areschoug) Hauck, 1878 Lithophyllum subantarcticum (Foslie) Foslie, 1907 Lithophyllum subreduncum Foslie Lithophyllum subtenellum (Foslie) Foslie, 1909 Lithophyllum tarentinum Mastrorilli Lithophyllum tedeschii P. Fravega, M. Piazza & G. Vannucci, 1993 Lithophyllum tortuosum (Esper) Foslie, 1900 Lithophyllum trinidadense Lemoine, 1917 Lithophyllum tuberculatum Foslie, 1906 Lithophyllum tumidulum Foslie, 1901 Lithophyllum uvaria M. Lemoine, 1924 Lithophyllum veleroae E.Y. Dawson, 1944 Lithophyllum yessoense Foslie, 1909
Bibliography
Philippi, R.A. (1837). Beweis, dass die Nulliporen Pflanzen sind. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 3: 387-393, figs 2-6, pl. IX.
Foslie, M. (1900). Revised systematical survey of the Melobesieae. Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1900(5): 1-22.
Woelkerling, W.J. (1998). Lamarck's nullipores. In: Non-geniculate Coralline Red Algae and the Paris Muséum: Systematics and Scientific History. (Woelkerling, W.J. & Lamy, D. Eds), pp. 101–404. Paris: Publications Scientifiques du Muséum/A.D.A.C.
References
Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Lithophyllum" . AlgaeBase . Retrieved 2009-04-18 .
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