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Lithothamnium pentagonum
Taxonomy
Lithothamnium pentagonum was named by Coletti and Basso (2020).
It was recombined as Chamberlainium pentagonum by Coletti et al. (2020) and Coletti and Basso (2020).
It was recombined as Chamberlainium pentagonum by Coletti et al. (2020) and Coletti and Basso (2020).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1943 | Lithothamnium pentagonum Conti |
| 2020 | Chamberlainium pentagonum Coletti and Basso p. 232 |
| 2020 | Lithothamnium pentagonum Coletti and Basso p. 232 |
| 2020 | Chamberlainium pentagonum Coletti et al. p. 232 |
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†Lithothamnium pentagonum Coletti and Basso 2020
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| G. Coletti et al. 2020 | Encrusting growth
form; dimerous construction; hypothallus composed of irregularly squared (in longitudinal radial section) to palisade-like cells in radial view (tangential section along the filaments); perithallus with common cell fusions; epithallial cells domeshaped; sporangial conceptacles uniporate with the conceptacle chamber lined by cell filaments protruding into the pore canal; conceptacle chamber with an average diameter around 275 μm and always less than 300 μm; average roof thickness of less than 70 μm. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Collections
No collection or age range data are available