Porotheca P.C.Silva, 1960, nom. illeg.
Holotype species: Porotheca globulus (Schiller) P.C.Silva
Currently accepted name for the type species: Mesoporos perforatus (Gran) Lillick
Original publication and holotype designation: Silva, P.C. (1960). Remarks on Algal Nomenclature. III. Taxon 9(1): 18-25.
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Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Mesoporos.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Kawai, H. & Nakayama, T. (2015). Introduction (Heterokontobionta p.p.), Cryptophyta, Dinophyta, Haptophyta, Heterokontophyta (except Coscinodiscophyceae, Mediophyceae, Fragilariophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Phaeophyceae, Eustigmatophyceae), Chlorarachniophyta, Euglenophyta. In: Syllabus of plant families. Adolf Engler's Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien. Ed. 13. Phototrophic eukaryotic Algae. Glaucocystophyta, Cryptophyta, Dinophyta/Dinozoa, Haptophyta, Heterokontophyta/Ochrophyta, Chlorarachnniophyta/Cercozoa, Chlorophyta, Streptophyta p.p. (Frey, W. Eds), pp. 11-64, 103-139. Stuttgart: Borntraeger Science Publishers.
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