AlgaeTraits taxon details
Phymatolithon laevigatum (Foslie) Foslie, 1898
145200 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145200)
accepted
Species
marine
(of ) Foslie, M. (1895). The Norwegian forms of Lithothamnion. Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter. 1894: 29-208, 23 pls. [details] 
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77121
Distribution Long Island Sound to Strait of Belle Isle
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77121 [details]
Distribution Long Island Sound to Strait of Belle Isle
Distribution Long Island Sound to Strait of Belle Isle [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2024). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Phymatolithon laevigatum (Foslie) Foslie, 1898. Accessed through: AlgaeTraits eds. (2024) AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds at: https://algaetraits.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145200 on 2025-04-05
AlgaeTraits eds. (2025). AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds. Phymatolithon laevigatum (Foslie) Foslie, 1898. Accessed at: https://algaetraits.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145200 on 2025-04-05
original description
(of ) Foslie, M. (1895). The Norwegian forms of Lithothamnion. Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter. 1894: 29-208, 23 pls. [details]
basis of record Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 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. untsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, New Brunswick. 1-76. [details]
additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. 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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 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. untsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, New Brunswick. 1-76. [details]
additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
- Unreviewed
- North Atlantic Ocean
- Sweden
- (no group)
From editor or global species database
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77121 [details]Unreviewed
Diet photosynthetic [details]Distribution Long Island Sound to Strait of Belle Isle [details]
Habitat sublittoral to 50-60 m occuring also in tide pools [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]
Published in AlgaeBase 
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phymatolithon laevigatum)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Phymatolithon laevigatum (Foslie) Foslie; Isotype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2301980)
To PESI
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phymatolithon laevigatum)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Phymatolithon laevigatum (Foslie) Foslie; Isotype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2301980)
To PESI