Spongites africanus

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 africanus

Name

Spongites africanus (Foslie) Afonso-Carrillo, M.Chacana & M.Sanson, 1993

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Lithophyllum africanum Foslie, 1900
    • Type locality: Cabo Verde [= Cape Vert], [Sénégal].
    • Lectotype: Anon.; no date; none given. TRH A27-1559.
• Heterotypic
  • Lithothamnion ponderosum Foslie, 1897
  • Lithophyllum ponderosum (Foslie) Foslie, 1898

References

• Afonso-Carrillo, J., Chacana, M. & Sanson, M. 1993. Morphology and anatomy of Spongites africanum comb. nov. (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Cape Verde Islands. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 159: 133–137. Reference page. : 136
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Spongites africanus. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 17 August 2017.