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

Lithophyllum geometricum Me.Lemoine, 1929

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lithophyllum*	Philippi, 1837	accepted genus name
*Goniolithon*	Foslie, 1898	synonym
*Pseudolithophyllum*	Me.Lemoine, 1913	synonym
*Tenarea*	Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1832	synonym

Species group names

*Dermatolithon geometricum*	(Me.Lemoine) E.Y.Dawson	synonym

Literature

original description	Børgesen, F. (1929). Marine algae from the Canary Islands especially from Teneriffe and Gran Canaria II. Rhodophyceae. Part II. Cryptonemiales, Gigartinales and Rhodynemiales. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, Biologiske Meddelelser, 8(1): 1-97.
basis of record	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 geometricum Me.Lemoine, 1929. 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:376505