Petrospongium rugosum (Okamura) Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1924
Current name:
Petrospongium rugosum (Okamura) Setchell & N.L.Gardner
Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia; on rock - 18 November 2013. M.D. Guiry (michael.guiry@algaebase.org)
Publication Details
Petrospongium rugosum (Okamura) Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1924: 12
Published in: Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. (1924). Phycological contributions, VII. University of California Publications in Botany 13: 1-13.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Petrospongium is Petrospongium berkeleyi (Greville) Nägeli ex Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Cylindrocarpus rugosus Okamura
Type Information
Type locality: Japan [no locality given]; (Womersley 1987: 100) Type: herb. Okamura, SAP; (Yoshida 1998: 267) Notes: Womersley (1987) notes that a lectotype should be selected.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), wrinkled.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 14 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 30 March 2022
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
