Lithophyllum

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.

Species

The valid species currently considered to belong to this genus are:

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