Taxonomy Detail
Subfamily Porolithoideae
Porolithoideae A.Kato & M.Baba in A.Kato, M.Baba & S.Sida, 2011: 669.
Uncertain name.
Type of name: Porolithon Foslie 1909
Source: Townsend, R.A. & Huisman, J.M. (2018). 'Coralline algae'. In: Algae of Australia. Marine benthic algae of north-western Australia. 2. Red algae. (Huisman, J.M. Eds), pp. 86-97, 105-137, 143-146. Canberra & Melbourne: ABRS & CSIRO Publishing.
Original publication: Kato, A., Baba, M. & Suda, S. (2011). Revision of the Mastophoroideae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) and polyphyly in nongeniculate species widely distributed on Pacific coral reefs. Journal of Phycology 47(3): 662-672.
Taxonomic notes:
Kato et al. (2011) include only one genus, Porolithon.
Rösler et al. (2016) reject this as an independent subfamily and note that the name Metagoniolithoideae H.W. Johansen 1969 has priority over Porolithoideae A. Kato & M, Baba 2011. In their opinion the subfamily Metagoniolithoideae comprises two monophyletic clades: Porolithon Foslie emend. A.Kato & M.Baba and Metagoniolithon Weber-van Bosse.
Key References
Kato, A., Baba, M. & Suda, S. (2011). Revision of the Mastophoroideae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) and polyphyly in nongeniculate species widely distributed on Pacific coral reefs. Journal of Phycology 47(3): 662-672.
Rösler, A., Perfectti, F., Peña, V. & Braga, J.C. (2016). Phylogenetic relationships of Corallinaceae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta): taxonomic implications for reef-building corallines. Journal of Phycology 52(3): 412-431.
References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Da Gama Bahia, R., Menezes Amado Filho, G., Azvedo, J. & Maneveldt, G.W. (2014). Porolithon improcerum (Porolithoideae, Corallinaceae) and Mesophyllum macroblastum (Melobesioideae, Hapalidiaceae): new records of crustose coralline red algae for the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. Phytotaxa 190: 38-44.
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 November 2018.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:100256
