Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Biliphyta > Division Rhodophyta > Subdivision Eurhodophytina > Class Florideophyceae > Subclass Corallinophycidae > Order Hapalidiales > Family Hapalidiaceae > Genus Phymatolithon

Phymatolithon lenormandii (J.E.Areschoug) W.H.Adey, 1966

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phymatolithon*	Foslie, 1898	accepted genus name
*Leptophytum*	W.H.Adey, 1966	synonym
*Nullipora*	J.B.de Lamarck, 1801	synonym

Species group names

*Lithothamnion lenormandii*	(J.E.Areschoug) Foslie, 1895	synonym
*Melobesia lenormandii*	J.E.Areschoug, 1852	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: rose kalkkorstwier sources: de Ruijter, E.; Schoenmaker, A. (Ed.) (1989). Zeeboek [The sea book]. 2nd revised ed. Jeugdbondsuitgeverij JBU / Stichting Uitgeverij KNNV: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5107-007-1. 238 pp.

German: körnige Kalkkrustenrotalge sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Japanese: アッケシイシモ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Norwegian Bokmål: slettrugl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: slettrugl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: slät kalkskorpa

Literature

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	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.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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.

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). Phymatolithon lenormandii (J.E.Areschoug) W.H.Adey, 1966. 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:145202