Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Biliphyta > Division Rhodophyta > Subdivision Eurhodophytina > Class Florideophyceae > Subclass Corallinophycidae > Order Corallinales > Suborder Corallinineae > Family Lithophyllaceae > Subfamily Lithophylloideae > Tribe Lithophylleae

Lithophyllum Philippi, 1837

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Goniolithon*	Foslie, 1898	synonym
*Pseudolithophyllum*	Me.Lemoine, 1913	synonym
*Tenarea*	Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1832	synonym

Children

Goniolithon orotavicum Foslie, 1906
Lithophyllum arcticum Kjellman, 1877
Lithophyllum azorum Me.Lemoine, 1931
Lithophyllum bipartitum Me.Lemoine, 1931
Lithophyllum byssoides (Lamarck) Foslie, 1900
Lithophyllum corallinae (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Heydrich, 1897
Lithophyllum crouaniorum Foslie, 1899
Lithophyllum cystoseirae (Hauck) Heydrich, 1897
Lithophyllum decussatum (J.Ellis & Solander) Philippi, 1837
Lithophyllum dentatum (Kützing) Foslie, 1898
Lithophyllum esperi (Me.Lemoine) South & Tittley, 1986
Lithophyllum fasciculatum (Lamarck) Foslie, 1898
Lithophyllum geometricum Me.Lemoine, 1929
Lithophyllum hibernicum Foslie, 1906
Lithophyllum incrustans Philippi, 1837
Lithophyllum irregulare (Foslie) P.Huvé ex Steentoft, 1967
Lithophyllum irregularis (Foslie) Huvé ex Steentoft
Lithophyllum lobatum Me.Lemoine, 1929
Lithophyllum nitorum W.H.Adey & P.J.Adey, 1973
Lithophyllum orbiculatum (Foslie) Foslie, 1900
Lithophyllum papillosum (Zanardini ex Hauck) Foslie, 1900
Lithophyllum polycephalum Foslie, 1905
Lithophyllum racemus (Lamarck) Foslie, 1901
Lithophyllum stictiforme (J.E. Areschoug) Hauck, 1877
Lithophyllum subtenellum (Foslie) Foslie, 1900
Lithophyllum vickersiae Me.Lemoine, 1929
Tenarea tortuosa (Esper) Me.Lemoine, 1910

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: イシゴロモ属

Literature

original description	Philippi, R. A. (1837). Beweis dass die Nulliporen Pflanzen sind. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 3(1): 387-392.
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
additional source	Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany. 79: 1-1259.
additional source	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

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 Philippi, 1837. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144016