Spongites discoideus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Corallinaceae
Subfamilia: Porolithoideae
Genus: Spongites
Species: Spongites discoideus

Name

Spongites discoideus (Foslie) D.Penrose & Woelkerling, 1988

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Lithophyllum discoideum Foslie, 1900
    • Type locality: Mouth of Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.
    • Lectotype: P.Dusén; 1896-02; TRH A9-449.
    • "It is uncertain whether Tierra del Fuego refers to Tierra del Fuego Island or the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago, and it also is uncertain whether the material was collected in Chile or Argentina." (Woelkerling et al. 2005: 73).
• Homotypic
  • Hydrolithon discoideum (Foslie) M.L.Mendoza & Cabioch, 1985

References

• Penrose, D. & Woelkerling, W.J. 1988. A taxonomic reassessment of Hydrolithon Foslie, Porolithon Foslie and Pseudolithophyllum Lemoine emend. Adey (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta) and their relationships to Spongites Kützing. Phycologia 27: 159–176, 27 figs, 2 tables. DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-27-1-159.1 Reference page. : 173 (Table 2)
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Spongites discoideus. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 2017-08-17.