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Titanoderma pustulatum

Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Lithophyllaceae

Taxonomy
Melobesia pustulata was named by Lamouroux (1816). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lithophyllum pustulatum by Foslie (1904), Braga and Aguirre (1995) and Saxena et al. (2005); it was recombined as Titanoderma pustulatum by Naegeli (1858), Kroeger (2007), Kishore et al. (2015) and Kishore et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Melobesia pustulata Lamouroux
1858Titanoderma pustulatum Naegeli
1904Lithophyllum pustulatum Foslie
1995Lithophyllum pustulatum Braga and Aguirre
2005Lithophyllum pustulatum Saxena et al.
2007Titanoderma pustulatum Kroeger p. 7
2015Titanoderma pustulatum Kishore et al. p. 62
2017Titanoderma pustulatum Kishore et al. p. 210

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomRhodoplantaeSaunders and Hommersand 2004
phylumRhodophytaWettstein 1922
subphylumEurhodophytina
classFlorideophyceaeCronquist 1960
subclassCorallinophycidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderCorallinalesSilva and Johansen 1986
familyLithophyllaceaeAthanasiadis 2016
subfamilyLithophylloideaeSetchell 1943
genusTitanodermaNaegeli 1858
speciespustulatum(Lamouroux 1816)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Titanoderma pustulatum Lamouroux 1816
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R.K. Saxena et al. 2005Dimerous thin laminar thalli, composed of 3-4 layers of
cells, giving a foliaceous, irregular appearance of superimposed plants.
Primigenous filaments are characterized by oblique palisade cells. Cells
are 11-17 /-lm (M= 14, SD= 2.6) in length and 26-52 /-lm (M= 38, SD =
9.6) in height. Postigenous filaments are composed of more than one cell.
Epithallus is not preserved. Conceptacles are hemispherical, raised above
the thallus surface. Cells in the conceptacle roof are 12-32 ).lm (M= 22,
SD= 8.05) in length and 8-12 /-lm (M= 16, SD= 5.02) in diameter.
Conceptacles are 105-I35/-lm in height and 3IO-352/-lm in diameter.