Spongites decipiens

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 decipiens

Name

Spongites decipiens (Foslie) Y.M.Chamberlain, 1993

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Lithothamnion decipiens Foslie, 1897
    • Type locality: San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
    • Lectotype: W.A. Setchell 1482; 5.xii.1896, TRH A2-97. Foslie slide 61; Isotype: UC Plants on part of the same stone as the holotype. Slide (UC) 1482(2).
• Homotypic
  • Lithophyllum decipiens (Foslie) Foslie, 1900
  • Hydrolithon decipiens (Foslie) W.H.Adey, 1970
  • Pseudolithophyllum decipiens (Foslie) Steneck & R.T.Paine, 1986

References

• Chamberlain, Y.M. 1993. Observations on the crustose coralline red alga Spongites yendoi (Foslie) comb. nov. in South-Africa and its relationship to S. decipiens (Foslie) comb. nov. and Lithophyllum natalense Foslie. Phycologia 32: 100–115, 56 figs, 1 table. Reference page. : 107, 113, figs 26, 27, 30, 35, 36, 47–53
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Spongites decipiens. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 17 August 2017.