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. 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
- Lithophyllum bamleri Heydrich, 1897
- Lithophyllum belgicum Foslie, 1909
- Lithophyllum bipartitum M. Lemoine
- Lithophyllum brachiatum M. Lemoine, 1929
- Lithophyllum byssoides Foslie, 1900
- Lithophyllum californiense Heydrich, 1901
- Lithophyllum canescens Foslie, 1905
- Lithophyllum carpophylli Heydrich, 1897
- Lithophyllum chamberlainianum Woelkerling & S.J. Campbell, 1992
- Lithophyllum complexum M. Lemoine, 1929
- Lithophyllum congestum Foslie, 1900
- Lithophyllum corallinae Heydrich, 1897
- Lithophyllum crodelioides Boudouresque
- Lithophyllum cuneatum Keats, 1995
- Lithophyllum cystoseirae Heydrich, 1897
- Lithophyllum decussatum Philippi, 1837
- Lithophyllum dentatum , Foslie 1900
- Lithophyllum detrusum Foslie, 1906
- Lithophyllum dispar Foslie, 1909
- Lithophyllum divaricatum M. Lemoine, 1929
- Lithophyllum dublancqui Lemoine, 1918
- Lithophyllum duckerae Woelkerling, 1983
- Lithophyllum elegans Foslie, 1900
- Lithophyllum esperi South & Tittley
- Lithophyllum falkandicum Foslie, 1906
- Lithophyllum fasciculatum Foslie, 1900
- Lithophyllum fernandezianum Lemoine, 1920
- Lithophyllum fetum Foslie, 1907
- Lithophyllum flavescens Keats, 1997
- Lithophyllum giraudii Lemoine, 1918
- Lithophyllum gracile Foslie
- Lithophyllum grumosum Foslie, 1898
- Lithophyllum hancockii E.Y. Dawson, 1944
- Lithophyllum hermaphroditum 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 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 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, 1900
- Lithophyllum pallescens 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, 1900
- Lithophyllum prototypum Foslie, 1905
- Lithophyllum punctatum Foslie, 1906
- Lithophyllum pustulatum Foslie, 1904
- Lithophyllum pygmaeum Heydrich, 1897
- Lithophyllum racemus Foslie, 1901
- Lithophyllum reesei E.Y. Dawson, 1960
- Lithophyllum retusum Foslie
- Lithophyllum rileyi M. Lemoine, 1929
- Lithophyllum rugosum 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
- Lithophyllum stictaeforme Hauck, 1878
- Lithophyllum subantarcticum Foslie, 1907
- Lithophyllum subreduncum Foslie
- Lithophyllum subtenellum Foslie, 1909
- Lithophyllum tarentinum Mastrorilli
- Lithophyllum tedeschii P. Fravega, M. Piazza & G. Vannucci, 1993
- Lithophyllum tortuosum 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