Lithothamnion

Lithothamnion; Temporal range: Cretaceous–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	L. glaciale showing conceptacles. Millimetre scale
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Order:	Corallinales
Family:	Hapalidiaceae
Subfamily:	Melobesioideae
Genus:	Lithothamnion; Heydrich, 1897

Lithothamnion is a genus of thalloid red alga comprising 103 species. Its members are known by a number of common names.^{[note 1]} The monomerous, crustose thalli are composed of a single system of filaments which grow close to the underlying surface. Lithothamnion reproduces by means of multiporate conceptacles.

Species[]

The valid species currently considered to belong to this genus are:

L. album
L. antarcticum
L. apiculatum
L. asperulatum
L. aucklandicum
L. australe
L. brasiliense
L. breviaxe
L. calcareum
L. californicum
L. capense
L. carolii
L. chathamense
L. circumscriptum
L. colliculosum
L. corallioides
L. coralloides
L. cottonii
L. coulmanicum
L. crispatum
L. dehiscens
L. diguetii
L. ectocarpon
L. elegans
L. engelhartii
L. esperi
L. expansum
L. flavescens
L. fornicatum
L. fragiissimum
L. fruticulosum
L. fuegianum
L. geppiorum
L. gibbosum
L. giganteum
L. glaciale
L. grade
L. grande
L. granuliferum
L. guadalupense
L. hamelii
L. haptericola
L. hauckii
L. heterocladum
L. heteromorphum
L. incrustans
L. indicum
L. insigne
L. intermedium
L. islei
L. japonicum
L. kerguelenum
L. labradorense
L. lacroixi
L. laminosum
L. lemoineae
L. magnum
L. maldivicum
L. mangini
L. margaritae
L. marlothii
L. minervae
L. montereyicum
L. muelleri
L. murmanicum
L. neglectum
L. nitidum
L. nodulosum
L. norvegicum
L. notarisii
L. novae-zelandiae
L. occidentale
L. pacificum
L. pauciporosum
L. peleense
L. peruviense
L. philippii
L. phymatodeum
L. pocillum
L. polymorphum
L. praefruticulosum
L. proliferum
L. propontidis
L. rugosum
L. ruptile
L. scabiosum
L. sejunctum
L. sonderi
L. soriferum
L. spissum
L. squarrulosum
L. tenue
L. thelostegium
L. tophiforme
L. tusterense
L. ungeri
L. valens
L. validum
L. van
L. vanheurckii
L. vescum
L. volcanum

Uses[]

The species Lithothamnium calcareum is, besides Tricalcium phosphate, often used as food fortification in plant-based milk substitutes to achieve a similar calcium content as a cow milk which is around 120 mg/100 ml.^[2]

Notes[]

^ Recorded common names are griuán, maërl, punalevä-suku, stenhinna and maerl.

References[]

Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Lithothamnion". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2009-04-18.

^ Taylor, Thomas N; Taylor, Edith L; Krings, Michael (2009). Paleobotany: the biology and evolution of fossil plants. ISBN 978-0-12-373972-8.
^ Klapp, Anna-Lena, ed. (October 2019), "OTHER PLANT MILKS", The Plant Milk Report, Berlin: ProVeg e. V., p. 16, ISBN 978-3-948516-00-0, retrieved 2021-03-02CS1 maint: date and year (link)

External links[]

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[2] Recorded common names are griuán, maërl, punalevä-suku, stenhinna and maerl.

[1] Taylor, Thomas N; Taylor, Edith L; Krings, Michael (2009). Paleobotany: the biology and evolution of fossil plants. ISBN 978-0-12-373972-8.

[3] Klapp, Anna-Lena, ed. (October 2019), "OTHER PLANT MILKS", The Plant Milk Report, Berlin: ProVeg e. V., p. 16, ISBN 978-3-948516-00-0, retrieved 2021-03-02CS1 maint: date and year (link)

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Lithothamnion Temporal range: Cretaceous–Recent^[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

L. glaciale showing conceptacles. Millimetre scale
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Order:	Corallinales
Family:	Hapalidiaceae
Subfamily:	Melobesioideae
Genus:	Lithothamnion Heydrich, 1897