WoRMS taxon details
Phymatolithon Foslie, 1898
144022 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144022)
accepted
Genus
Agardhia Meneghini, 1838 · unaccepted
Agardhina Nardo, 1834 · unaccepted
Apora Gunnerus, 1768 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eleutherospora Heydrich, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leptophytum W.H.Adey, 1966 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nullipora J.B.de Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Phymatolithon atlanticum S.Y.Jeong, Diaz-Pulido, B.Y.Won & T.O.Cho, 2021
- Species Phymatolithon boreale Adey, Hernandez-Kantun & P.W.Gabrielson, 2018
- Species Phymatolithon bornetii (Foslie) Foslie
- Species Phymatolithon brunneum Y.M.Chamberlain, 1994
- Species Phymatolithon calcareum (Pallas) W.H.Adey & D.L.McKibbin ex Woelkering & L.M.Irvine, 1986
- Species Phymatolithon fragile L.C.Liu & Showe M. Lin, 2023
- Species Phymatolithon inops (Foslie) W.H.Adey, 1970
- Species Phymatolithon laevigatum (Foslie) Foslie, 1898
- Species Phymatolithon lamii (Me.Lemoine) Y.M.Chamberlain, 1991
- Species Phymatolithon lenormandii (J.E.Areschoug) W.H.Adey, 1966
- Species Phymatolithon lusitanicum V.Peña, 2015
- Species Phymatolithon margoundulatum L.-C.Liu & S.-M.Lin, 2018
- Species Phymatolithon masonianum Wilks & Woelkerling, 1994
- Species Phymatolithon nantuckense Adey, Hernandez-Kantun & P.W.Gabrielson, 2018
- Species Phymatolithon notatum (Foslie) W.H.Adey, 1970
- Species Phymatolithon oblimans (Heydrich) De Toni
- Species Phymatolithon purpureum (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Woelkerling & L.M.Irvine, 1986
- Species Phymatolithon rugulosum W.H.Adey, 1964
- Species Phymatolithon squamulosum (Foslie) Adey, Hernandez-Kantun & P.W.Gabrielson, 2018
- Species Phymatolithon taiwanense L.C. Liu & Showe M. Lin, 2023
- Species Phymatolithon tenue (Rosenvinge) Düwel & Wegeberg, 1996
- Species Phymatolithon tenuissimum (Foslie) W.H.Adey, 1970
- Species Phymatolithon variabile L.C.Liu & Showe M.Lin, 2023
- Species Phymatolithon acervatum (Foslie) W.H.Adey, 1970 accepted as Leptophytum acervatum (Foslie) Y.M.Chamberlain & Keats, 1994
- Species Phymatolithon adeyi (Steneck & R.T.Paine) P.W.Gabrielson, 2000 accepted as Leptophytum adeyi Steneck & R.T.Paine, 1986
- Species Phymatolithon bisporum (Foslie) Afonso-Carrillo, 1984 accepted as Leptophytum bisporum (Foslie) Adey, 1970 (synonym)
- Species Phymatolithon compactum (Kjellman) Foslie, 1905 accepted as Clathromorphum compactum (Kjellman) Foslie, 1898
- Species Phymatolithon emboloides (Heydrich) Heydrich ex De Toni, 1905 accepted as Phymatolithon laevigatum (Foslie) Foslie, 1898
- Species Phymatolithon evanescens (Foslie) Foslie, 1905 accepted as Clathromorphum circumscriptum (Strömfelt) Foslie, 1898
- Species Phymatolithon foecundum (Kjellman) Düwel & Wegeberg, 1996 accepted as Leptophytum foecundum (Kjellman) W.H.Adey, 1966 (synonym)
- Species Phymatolithon loculosum (Kjellman) Foslie, 1900 accepted as Neopolyporolithon loculosum (Kjellman) W.H.Adey, P.W.Gabrielson, G.P.Johnson & Hernández-Kantún, 2015
- Species Phymatolithon muricatum Foslie, 1906 accepted as Crusticorallina muricata (Foslie) P.W.Gabrielson, Martone, K.R.Hind & C.P.Jensen, 2016
- Species Phymatolithon ocellatum (Foslie) Foslie, 1898 accepted as Phymatolithon investiens Foslie, 1905 (synonym)
- Species Phymatolithon polymorphum Foslie, 1898 accepted as Phymatolithon calcareum (Pallas) W.H.Adey & D.L.McKibbin ex Woelkering & L.M.Irvine, 1986 (synonym)
- Species Phymatolithon repandrum (Foslie) Wilks & Woelkerling accepted as Phymatolithon repandum (Foslie) Wilks & Woelkerling, 1994 accepted as Phymatolithopsis repanda (Foslie) S.Y.Jeong, Maneveldt, P.W.Gabrielson, W.A.Nelson & T.O.Cho, 2022 (misspelling)
- Species Phymatolithon repandum (Foslie) Wilks & Woelkerling, 1994 accepted as Phymatolithopsis repanda (Foslie) S.Y.Jeong, Maneveldt, P.W.Gabrielson, W.A.Nelson & T.O.Cho, 2022
- Species Phymatolithon investiens Foslie, 1905 (uncertain, uncertain taxonomic status subjected to verification)
marine
Foslie, M. (1898). Systematical survey of the Lithothamnia. <em>Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter.</em> 1898(2): 1-7. [details] 
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8593
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8593 [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Phymatolithon Foslie, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144022 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Foslie, M. (1898). Systematical survey of the Lithothamnia. <em>Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter.</em> 1898(2): 1-7. [details]
original description (of Eleutherospora Heydrich, 1900) Heydrich, F. (1900). Die Lithothamnien von Helgoland. <em>Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen.</em> N.F. 4 (Abt. Helgoland): 63-82, pl. 2. [details]
basis of record Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Eleutherospora Heydrich, 1900) Heydrich, F. (1900). Die Lithothamnien von Helgoland. <em>Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen.</em> N.F. 4 (Abt. Helgoland): 63-82, pl. 2. [details]
basis of record Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8593 [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | アッケシイシモ属 | [details] |
Published in AlgaeBase 
(from synonym Leptophytum W.H.Adey, 1966)
Published in AlgaeBase
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Apora Gunnerus, 1768)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Eleutherospora Heydrich, 1900)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Nullipora J.B.de Lamarck, 1801)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Agardhina Nardo, 1834)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Agardhia Meneghini, 1838)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptophytum) (from synonym Leptophytum W.H.Adey, 1966)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phymatolithon)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Leptophytum W.H.Adey, 1966)
To ITIS
(from synonym Leptophytum W.H.Adey, 1966)Published in AlgaeBase
Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Apora Gunnerus, 1768)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Eleutherospora Heydrich, 1900)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Nullipora J.B.de Lamarck, 1801)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Agardhina Nardo, 1834)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Agardhia Meneghini, 1838)To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptophytum) (from synonym Leptophytum W.H.Adey, 1966)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phymatolithon)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Leptophytum W.H.Adey, 1966)
To ITIS
