Microspongium

Microspongium globosum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ectocarpales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: Tsar Cladus: Sar Infraregnum: Heterokonta Phylum: Ochrophyta Subphylum: Phaeista Infraphylum: Limnista Superclassis: Fucistia Classis: Phaeophyceae Subclassis: Fucophycidae Ordo: Ectocarpales

Familia: Chordariaceae
Genus: Microspongium

Species: M. alariae – M. globosum – M. immersum – M. kuckuckianum – M. radians – M. stilophorae

Name

Microspongium Reinke, 1888

• Type species: Microspongium gelatinosum Reinke = Scytosiphon lomentaria (Lyngbye) Link
• The type species is excluded, so the genus Microspongium is no longer recognized. The six other current species need to be reinvestigated to clarify their taxonomy.

References

• Reinke, J. 1888. Die braunen Algen (Fucaceen und Phaeosporeen) der Kieler Bucht. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 6: 14–20. BHL Reference page. : 20.
• Silberfeld, T., Rousseau, F. & Reviers, B. de 2014. An updated classification of brown algae (Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae). Cryptogamie, Algologie 35(2): 117–156. DOI: 10.7872/crya.v35.iss2.2014.117 Reference page. 
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Microspongium. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 28 April 2017.
• Microspongium in the World Register of Marine Species

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