''Lithophyllum'' is a genus of thalloid red algae belonging to the family Corallinaceae.
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.
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.
Description of ''Lithophyllum'' at AlgaeBase
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Species
The valid species currently considered to belong to this genus are:[WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species]
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*''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. Yale Dawson, 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
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Genus Lithophyllum
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The Taxonomicon
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Corallinaceae
Red algae genera