AlgaeTraits taxon details
Lithophyllum orbiculatum (Foslie) Foslie, 1900
145157 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145157)
accepted
Species
marine
(of ) Foslie, M. (1895). The Norwegian forms of Lithothamnion. <em>Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter.</em> 1894: 29-208, 23 pls. [details] 
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77125
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Strait of Belle Isle
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77125 [details]
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Strait of Belle Isle
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Strait of Belle Isle [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). Lithophyllum orbiculatum (Foslie) Foslie, 1900. Accessed through: AlgaeTraits eds. (2025) AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds at: https://algaetraits.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145157 on 2025-09-13
AlgaeTraits eds. (2025). AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds. Lithophyllum orbiculatum (Foslie) Foslie, 1900. Accessed at: https://algaetraits.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145157 on 2025-09-13
original description
(of ) Foslie, M. (1895). The Norwegian forms of Lithothamnion. <em>Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter.</em> 1894: 29-208, 23 pls. [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]
additional source Sears, J.R. (ed.). 1998. NEAS keys to the benthic marine algae of the northeastern coast of North America from Long Island Sound to the Strait of Belle Isle. Northeast Algal Society. 163 p. [details]
additional source South, G. R.;Tittley, I. (1986). A checklist and distributional index of the benthic marine algae of the North Atlantic Ocean. <em>untsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, New Brunswick.</em> 1-76. [details]
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]
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]
additional source Sears, J.R. (ed.). 1998. NEAS keys to the benthic marine algae of the northeastern coast of North America from Long Island Sound to the Strait of Belle Isle. Northeast Algal Society. 163 p. [details]
additional source South, G. R.;Tittley, I. (1986). A checklist and distributional index of the benthic marine algae of the North Atlantic Ocean. <em>untsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, New Brunswick.</em> 1-76. [details]
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:77125 [details]Unreviewed
Diet photosynthetic [details]Distribution Bay of Fundy to Strait of Belle Isle [details]
Habitat sublittoral at offshore ledges , also in upper- midlittoral tide pools [details]
Habitat Environment with variable salinity [details]
Morphology Red colour results from the dominance of the pigments phycoerythrin and phycocyanin; this masks the other pigments, chlorophyll a (no chlorophyll b), beta-caratene and a number of unique xanthophylls. [details]
Reproduction vegetative reproduction is rare; asexual reproduction is effected by the formation of various kinds of spores; Sexual reproduction is unique in this group due to their passive, non flagellated sperm cells (spermatia) [details]
