MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Lithothamnion tophiforme (Esper) Unger, 1858

WoRMS name details

Lithothamnion tophiforme (Esper) Unger, 1858

AphiaID

145179 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145179)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Boreolithothamnion tophiforme (Esper) P.W.Gabrielson, Maneveldt, Hughey & V.Peña, 2023

Rank

Species

Parent

Lithothamnion Heydrich, 1897

Original name

Melobesia polymorpha var. tophiformis Esper, 1791

Synonymised names

Lithothamnion flabellatum f. rosenvingei Foslie, 1895 · unaccepted

Lithothamnion soriferum f. squarrosum (Foslie) Foslie, 1895 · uncertain (uncertain taxonomic status...)

uncertain taxonomic status subjected to verification

Lithothamnion tophiforme f. affine Foslie, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym)

Lithothamnion tophiforme f. sphaericum Foslie, 1905 · unaccepted

Melobesia polymorpha var. tophiformis Esper, 1791 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Forma Lithothamnion tophiforme f. typicum Foslie, 1895
Forma Lithothamnion tophiforme f. affine Foslie, 1900 accepted as Lithothamnion tophiforme (Esper) Unger, 1858 accepted as Boreolithothamnion tophiforme (Esper) P.W.Gabrielson, Maneveldt, Hughey & V.Peña, 2023 (synonym)
Forma Lithothamnion tophiforme f. alcicorne (Kjellman) Foslie, 1895 accepted as Lithothamnion alcicorne Kjellman, 1883 accepted as Boreolithothamnion tophiforme (Esper) P.W.Gabrielson, Maneveldt, Hughey & V.Peña, 2023 (synonym)
Forma Lithothamnion tophiforme f. divergens (Foslie) Foslie, 1905 accepted as Lithothamnion divergens Foslie, 1895 accepted as Boreolithothamnion glaciale (Kjellman) P.W.Gabrielson, Maneveldt, Hughey & V.Peña, 2023 (synonym)
Forma Lithothamnion tophiforme f. flabellatum (Rosenvinge) Foslie, 1905 accepted as Lithothamnion flabellatum Rosenvinge, 1893 (synonym)
Forma Lithothamnion tophiforme f. sphaericum Foslie, 1905 accepted as Lithothamnion tophiforme (Esper) Unger, 1858 accepted as Boreolithothamnion tophiforme (Esper) P.W.Gabrielson, Maneveldt, Hughey & V.Peña, 2023
Forma Lithothamnion tophiforme f. squarrosum Foslie, 1895 accepted as Lithothamnion soriferum f. squarrosum (Foslie) Foslie, 1895 accepted as Lithothamnion tophiforme (Esper) Unger, 1858 accepted as Boreolithothamnion tophiforme (Esper) P.W.Gabrielson, Maneveldt, Hughey & V.Peña, 2023 (synonym)
Forma Lithothamnion tophiforme f. globosum (Foslie) Foslie, 1895 (uncertain, synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:76371

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:76371 [details]

Distribution Georges Bank to Strait of Belle Isle

Distribution Georges Bank to Strait of Belle Isle [details]

Taxonomic citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2024). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Lithothamnion tophiforme (Esper) Unger, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145179 on 2024-11-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Guiry, Michael D.

2010-12-13 10:09:16Z

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Guiry, Michael D.

2015-06-26 12:00:51Z

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Guiry, Michael D.

2024-02-21 07:10:53Z

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Guiry, Michael D.

Licensing

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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]

basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2024). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2024). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

additional source Sears, J.R. (ed.). 1998. NEAS keys to the benthic marine algae of the northeastern coast of North America from Long Island Sound to the Strait of Belle Isle. Northeast Algal Society. 163 p. [details]

additional source South, G. R.;Tittley, I. (1986). A checklist and distributional index of the benthic marine algae of the North Atlantic Ocean. untsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, New Brunswick. 1-76. [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:76371 [details]

Unreviewed

Diet photosynthetic [details]

Distribution Georges Bank to Strait of Belle Isle [details]

Habitat free floating forming balls [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]

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