''Lithophyllum'' is a genus of thalloid
red algae
Red algae, or Rhodophyta (, ; ), make up one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae. The Rhodophyta comprises one of the largest Phylum, phyla of algae, containing over 7,000 recognized species within over 900 Genus, genera amidst ongoing taxon ...
belonging to the family
Corallinaceae
The Corallinaceae are one of the two extant Coralline families of red algae; they are differentiated from the morphologically similar Sporolithaceae by their formation of grouped sporangial chambers, clustered into sori. The Corallinoideae ...
.
Fossil record
This genus is known in the fossil record from the
Silurian
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to the
Quaternary
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(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
conceptacle
Conceptacles are specialized cavities of marine and freshwater algae that contain the reproductive organs. They are situated in the receptacle and open by a small ostiole.Boney, A.D. (1969). ''A Biology of Marine Algae''. Hutchinson Educational ...
s. 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
''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 speci ...
'' M. Lemoine, 1929
*'' Lithophyllum amplostratum'' W.R. Taylor, 1945
*'' Lithophyllum aninae'' Foslie, 1907
*'' Lithophyllum antillarum'' Foslie & Howe, 1906
*'' Lithophyllum atalayense'' Lemoine, 1920
*''Lithophyllum azorum
''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 speci ...
'' M. Lemoine
*''Lithophyllum bahrijense
''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 speci ...
'' Bosence, 1983
*''Lithophyllum balmeri
''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 speci ...
'' (Heydrich) Heydrich
*''Lithophyllum bamleri
''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 speci ...
'' (Heydrich) Heydrich, 1897
*''Lithophyllum belgicum
''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 speci ...
'' Foslie, 1909
*''Lithophyllum bipartitum
''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 speci ...
'' M. Lemoine
*''Lithophyllum brachiatum
''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 speci ...
'' (Heydrich) M. Lemoine, 1929
*''Lithophyllum byssoides
''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 speci ...
'' (Lamarck) Foslie, 1900
*''Lithophyllum californiense
''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 speci ...
'' 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
''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 speci ...
'' (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
''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 speci ...
'' (Heydrich) Heydrich, 1897
*'' Lithophyllum racemus'' (Lamarck) Foslie, 1901
*''Lithophyllum reesei
''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 speci ...
'' 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
''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 speci ...
'' Mastrorilli
*''Lithophyllum tedeschii
''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 speci ...
'' P. Fravega, M. Piazza & G. Vannucci, 1993
*'' Lithophyllum tortuosum'' (Esper) Foslie, 1900
*'' Lithophyllum trinidadense'' Lemoine, 1917
*'' Lithophyllum tuberculatum'' Foslie, 1906
*''Lithophyllum tumidulum
''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 speci ...
'' Foslie, 1901
*''Lithophyllum uvaria
''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 speci ...
'' 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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External links
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Genus Lithophyllum
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The Taxonomicon
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Corallinaceae
Red algae genera