Mesospora Weber-van Bosse, 1911
Holotype species: Mesospora schmidtii Weber Bosse
Publication details: Weber Bosse, 1911: 24
Currently accepted name for the type species: Hapalospongidion schmidtii (Weber Bosse) P.C.Silva
Original publication and holotype designation: Weber-van Bosse, A. (1911). Notice sur quelques genres nouveaux d'algues de l'Archipel Malaisien. Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 24: 25-33.
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Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Poong, S.-W., Lim, P.-E., Phang, S.-M., Gerung, G.S. & Kawai, H. (2013). Mesospora elongata sp. nov. (Ralfsiales, Phaeophyceae), a new crustose brown algal species from the Indo-Pacific Region. Phycologia 52(1): 74-81.
Taxonomic note
Poong et al. (2013) consider Mesospora to be a distinct genus (in the Ralfsiales) based on morphology; gene sequence data will be required for Hapalospongidion before the relationship of the two genera is more thoroughly resolved. - (05 March 2013) - G.M. Guiry
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Wendy Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 March 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 June 2025
