Microspongium globosum Reinke
Publication details
Microspongium globosum Reinke 1888: 20
Original publication: Reinke, J. (1888). Die braunen Algen (Fucaceen und Phaeosporeen) der Kieler Bucht. Berichte der deutsche botanischen Gesellschaft 6: 14-20.
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Microspongium is Microspongium gelatinosum Reinke.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), round like a ball, globose, spherical (Stearn 1973).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Ascocyclus globosus (Reinke) Reinke 1889
Myrionema globosum (Reinke) Foslie 1894
Phycocelis globosus (Reinke) De Toni 1895
Hecatonema globosum (Reinke) Batters 1902
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Hecatonema globosum var. nana A.D.Cotton
Myrionema polycladum Sauvageau 1897
Ectocarpus pulvinatus H.Gran 1897
Myrionema subglobosum Kylin 1907
Phycocelis alariae Norum 1913
Myrionema alariae (Norum) Printz 1926
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Point data for Ireland and Britain
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Type locality: Germany: Kieler Bucht (Reinke 1888: 20). Type: KIEL?
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Microspongium globosum Reinke)
Arctic: Canada (Arctic) (Lee 1980).
Ireland: Clare (Pybus 1977, Guiry 1978), Mayo (Cotton 1912, Guiry 1978), Wexford (Cotton 1913, Guiry 1978).
Europe: Baltic Sea (Nielsen et al. 1995), Britain (Fletcher 1987, Hardy & Guiry 2003), Faroe Islands (Irvine 1982, Nielsen & Gunnarsson 2001), France (Dizerbo & Herpe 2007, Anon. 2012), Helgoland (Bartsch & Kuhlenkamp 2000), Ireland (Cotton 1912, Cotton 1913, Pybus 1977, Guiry 1978, Fletcher 1987, Guiry 2012), Norway (Rueness 1997), Scandinavia (Athanasiadis 1996), Sweden (Kylin 1947), Turkey (Europe) (Taskin et al. 2006, Taskin et al. 2008 
).
Atlantic Islands: E. Greenland (Lund 1959, Pedersen 1976), Iceland (Caram & Jónsson 1972).
North America: Alaska (Lindstrom 1977).
South-west Asia: Turkey (Asia) (Taskin et al. 2008 ).
Asia: Japan (Yoshida, Nakajima & Nakata 1990, Yoshida 1998).
(as Myrionema globosum (Reinke) Foslie)
Europe: Sweden (Kylin 1907).
North America: Alaska (Scagel et al. 1989), British Columbia (Scagel et al. 1989), California (Scagel et al. 1989), Massachusetts (Taylor 1957), Oregon (Hansen 1997), Rhode Island (Taylor 1957), Washington (Scagel et al. 1989).
(as Myrionema polycladum Sauvageau)
Europe: Britain (Newton 1931), France (Feldmann 1954).
(as Hecatonema globosum (Reinke) Batters)
Europe: Britain (Newton 1931).
(as Myrionema subglobosum Kylin)
Europe: Sweden (Kylin 1907, Kylin 1947).
Taxonomic notes
Guiry (1997) suggest consulting Fletcher (1987) for the synonym between Microspongium globosum and Myrionema polycladum.
Key references
Cormaci, M., Furnari, G., Catra, M., Alongi, G. & Giaccone, G. (2012). Flora marina bentonica del Mediterraneo: Phaeophyceae. Bollettino dell'Accademia Gioenia 45: 1-508.
Fletcher, R.L. (1987). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Vol. 3. Fucophyceae (Phaeophyceae). Part 1. pp. [i]-x, [1]-359, 90 figs, 15 pls. London: British Museum (Natural History).
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Microspongium&species=globosum
SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Microspongium&Species=globosum
Created: 07 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 26 June 2012 by Michael Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 732 times since it was created.
References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Kristiansen, A.A. (1960). Microspongium globosum, en for Danmark ny brunalge. Botanisk Tidsskrift 56: 251-254.
Russell, G. & Pedersen, P.M. (1994). Microspongium globosum (Algae: Fucophyceae). An addition to the marine flora of Finland. Annals of Botany, Fennici 31: 143-146.
Taskin, E., Ozturk, M. & Wynne M.J. (2006). First report of Microspongium globosum Reinke (Phaeophyceae, Myrionemataceae) in the Mediterranean Sea. Nova Hedwigia 82: 135-142.
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Michael Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
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Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77239
