Spongites fruticulosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Corallinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Rhodophyta Subdivisio: Rhodophytina Classis: Florideophyceae Subclassis: Corallinophycidae Ordo: Corallinales

Spongites fruticulosus Kützing, 1841

Type locality: Mediterranean Sea.
Lectotype: [Rösler et al. 2016: 421,fig. 2] (Epitype) Rhodolith growing on another unidentified sterile coralline. L L943.8-134. Notes: Lectotypified with tetrasporangial plant by Basso & Rodondi (2006). According to Penrose in Womersley (1996: 277): holotype in L (943, 8-134) illustrated by Woelkerling (1985, figs 23-32) and Penrose (1991, figs 1-3). Epitype: specimen with herbarium voucher GDA61338 from the eastern coast of Spain; 19/10/2010/ Almería, Spain/Cala Chumba/5-10 m/A. Rösler.

Homotypic
- Melobesia fruticulosa (Kützing) Decaisne, 1842
- Lithothamnion fasciculatum f. fruticulosum (Kützing) Hauck, 1883
- Lithothamnion fruticulosum (Kützing) Foslie, 1895
- Paraspora fruticulosa (Kützing) Heydrich, 1900
Heterotypic
- Spongites fruticulosus f. clavulatus Foslie
- Spongites fruticulosus f. crassiusculus Foslie
- Lithothamnion ramulosum Philippi, 1837
- Spongites stalactiticus Kützing, 1841
- Spongites ramulosus (Philippi) Kützing, 1869
- Lithothamnion meneghianum Vinassa, 1892
- Lithothamnion fruticulosum f. ramulosa (Philippi) Foslie, 1900
- Goniolithon verrucosum Foslie, 1900
- Lithophyllum verrucosum (Foslie) Foslie, 1901
- Lithothamnion fruticulosum f. clavulatum Foslie, 1901
- Neogoniolithon verrucosum(Foslie) W.H.Adey, 1970

Kützing, F.T. 1841. Über die "Polypieres calciféres" des Lamouroux. In: Zu der öffentlichen Prüfung sämmtlicher Classen der Realschule zu Nordhausen...1841. (Kützing, F.T. Eds), pp. 3–34. Nordhausen: Realschule. Reference page. : 33
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Spongites fruticulosus. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 17 August 2017.