Paraspora fruticulosa (Kützing) Heydrich 1900

Publication Details
Paraspora fruticulosa (Kützing) Heydrich 1900: 315

Published in: Heydrich, F. (1900). Weitere Ausbau des Corallineensystems. Berichte der deutsche botanischen Gesellschaft 18: 310-317.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Paraspora.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Spongites fruticulosus Kützing.

Basionym
Spongites fruticulosus Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: Mediterranean Sea; (Penrose 1996: 150) Lectotype: [Rösler et al. 2016: 421,fig. 2] (epitype) Rhodolith growing on another unidentified sterile coralline; L; L943.8-134 (Penrose 1996: 150) Notes: Lectotypified with tetrasporangial plant by Basso & Rodondi (2006). Penrose in Womersley (1996: 277) gives the following data: type from Mediterranean Sea; holotype in L (943, 8-134) illustrated by Woelkerling (1985, figs 23-32) and Penrose (1991, figs 1-3). Epitype: specimen with herbarium voucher GDA61338 from the eastern coast of Spain; 19/10/2010/ Almería, Spain/Cala Chumba/5-10 m/A. Rösler.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), small and shrubby.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 21 July 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 31 March 2009

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 March 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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