Spongites tumidus

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 tumidus

Name

Spongites tumidus (Foslie) K.A.Miller, P.W.Gabrielson, Miklasz, E.van der Merwe & Maneveldt, 2015, (as 'tumidum')

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Lithophyllum tumidum Foslie, 1901
    • Type locality: Monterey, Monterey County, California.
    • Lectotype: TRH (A3-138), unnumbered, May 1885, W.G Farlow; Isolectotype: UC 341301.
• Heterotypic
  • Lithophyllum farlowii Foslie, 1901
  • Lithophyllum neofarlowii Setchell & L.R.Mason, 1943
  • Pseudolithophyllum neofarlowii (Setchell & L.R.Mason) W.H.Adey, 1970

References

• Van der Merwe, E., Miklasz, K., Channing, A., Maneveldt, G.W. & Gabrielson, P.W. 2015. DNA sequencing resolves species of Spongites (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in the Northeast Pacific and South Africa, including S. agulhensis sp. nov.. Phycologia 54(5): 471–490. DOI: 10.2216/15-38.1 PDF Reference page. : 480, figs 25–38
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Spongites tumidus. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 17 August 2017.