Lithophyllum chamaedoris Foslie & M.Howe

• Region

  West Indies

• Country

  Bahamas

• Locality

  Cave Cays, Exuma Chain.

• Coordinates

  23.9105, -76.2706

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  1471.57

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Located coordinates of geogr. center of Cave Cay. This was offshore, so found closest coordinates to this point on Cave Cay. Measured from these coordinates to farthest extent of Cave Cay to find linear extent (1460 m). Input information into MaNIS Georef. Calc. to find uncertainty radius (Bounded Area).

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Lithophyllum Chamaedoris Fosl.& Howe.

Fosl.Kgl.norske Videnskab.-Selsk.Skr.1908 :17.1908.

North. Am. Corali. Alg. p. 134.

De under denne art omtalte sporangie-konceptakler har
vist sig at vaere cystokarpie-konceptakler med tildels regel-
maessig todelte gonimoblaster. Sporangiekonceptakler er end-
nu ikke kjendt, og artens systematiske stilling er noget usik-
ker.

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Lithophyllum Chamaedons sp. nov.	u	<- - •

Thallus forming dull-rose or purplish crusts 60-150,« thick:	/%

basal cells in part subquadrate in a vertical section, 7-10 //. in dia-
meter, in part horizontally elongated and attaining a length of
about 12-13 /x; perithallic cells partly and most frequently sub-
quadrate, 7-10 fi in diameter, often more or less rounded, partly
elongated horizontally and then 10-12 p. x 8-10 fi, seldom 14 [i long,
now and then with cells vertically elongated: conceptacles of
sporangia convex or subconical, 150-200(i in diameter; sporangia
2-parted, 50-60 p x 30-40 p. (Plate 90, f. 1.)

Bahamas : Encircling the stalks of Chamaedoris, Cave Cays,

Exuma Chain (no. 4017s).

The species belongs in the section Carpolithon and is rather near
Lithophylluvi marginatum (Setch. & Fosl.) Fosl., described
from the Pacific Coast of the United States.

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Plate 90

1. Lithophyllum Chamaedoris. Photograph of a section (decalcified)
through the Lithophyllum and the wall of the Chamaedoris stalk, magnified
165 diameters, showing conceptacle, form of cells, etc.

Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard.	Vol. IV. Pl. 90.

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COLLECTED ON THE CAVE CAYS, EXUMA CHAIN, BAHAMAS.
BY MARSHALL A. HOWE, FEBRUARY 19, 1905

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3. Fosliella Chamaedoris (Fosl. & Howe) M. A. Howe, comb. nov.

Lithophyllum Chamaedoris Fosl. & Howe, Bull. N. Y. Bot, Gard. 4: 134.

Melobesia (Pliostroma) Chamaedons Fosl. & Ilowe, K. Norske Vidensk
Selsk. Skr. 190811; 6. 190S.

f^mEw!US!;lng and ?ft/en completely encircling the stalks 'of Chamaedoris I'eniciUum
from low-water mark (under shelving rocks) down to a depth of 40 meters ttide
Borgesen), Cave Cays, Exuma Chain American Virgin Islands Type from Cave

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