Spongites corallioides P.Crouan & H.Crouan 1852

Lithothamnion corallioides (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) P.Crouan & H.Crouan

Current name: Lithothamnion corallioides (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) P.Crouan & H.Crouan
Trá an Dóilín, an Cheathrú Rua, Connemara; live plants at low water - 05 May 2008. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Spongites corallioides P.Crouan & H.Crouan 1852: no. 242

Published in: [Crouan, P.L. & Crouan, H.M.] (1852). Algues marines du Finistère. Vol. 1-3 pp. Premier volume, Fucóïdees: 1 Apr 1852 (signed on p. [8]), p. [1]-[12], 1 -112 specimens with detailed labels, [vii, index]. Deuxième volume, Floridées: 1852, p. [1]-[12], 113-322, id., [iv-xi, index]. Troisième volume, Zoospermées: 1852, p. [l]-[8], 323-4. Brest: chez Crouans frères, pharmaciens.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Spongites is Spongites fruticulosus Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lithothamnion corallioides (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) P.Crouan & H.Crouan.

Type Information
Type locality: Rade de Brest, Finistère, Bretagne, France; (Woelkerling 1998: 391) Neotype: collector not indicated but like to be P.L. & H.M. Crouan; date not indicated; no habitat data on type; BM; Algues marines du Finistère, No. 242 (Irvine & Chamberlain 1994: 180) Notes: Isoneotypes: PC, Algues marines du Finistere no. 242, Thuret-Bornet Herbarium (algal fascicle 131, filed under Lithothamnion), includes printed label; PC, Algues marines du Finistere no. 242, Cryptogamic Library in the seperately preserved exsiccata, includes printed label; PC, no. 242, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym) (Woelkerling, 1993: 390).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 05 April 2017

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