WoRMS name details
Lithodendron Schweigger, 1819
526976 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:526976)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Madrepora angulosa Pallas, 1766 accepted as Mussa angulosa (Pallas, 1766) (type by subsequent monotypy)
- Species Lithodendron capitatum Schweigger, 1819 accepted as Eusmilia fastigiata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lithodendron cristatum (Esper, 1789) accepted as Lobophyllia hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lithodendron fastigiatum (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Eusmilia fastigiata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lithodendron proliferum (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Desmophyllum pertusum (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lithodendron sacchartum von Martens, 1902 accepted as Distichopora coccinea Gray, 1860 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lithodendron virginea (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Oculina virginea (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Schweigger AF. (1819). Beobachtungen auf naturhistorischen Reisen : anatomisch-physiologische Untersuchungen über Corallen ; nebst einem Anhange, Bemerkungen über den Bernstein enthaltend / von August Friedrich Schweigger. <em>Berlin.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50571414
page(s): tab.vi [details]
page(s): tab.vi [details]
WoRMS (2025). Lithodendron Schweigger, 1819. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=526976 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Schweigger AF. (1819). Beobachtungen auf naturhistorischen Reisen : anatomisch-physiologische Untersuchungen über Corallen ; nebst einem Anhange, Bemerkungen über den Bernstein enthaltend / von August Friedrich Schweigger. <em>Berlin.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50571414
page(s): tab.vi [details]
page(s): tab.vi [details]
Other
additional source
Wells JW. (1936). The nomenclature and type species of some genera of recent and fossil corals. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 31: 97-134., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/61464 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type designation Subsequent designation by Wells (1936) [details]