Spongites byssoides (Lamarck) Kützing
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Corallinophycidae
Order Corallinales
Family Spongitaceae
Genus Spongites
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Lithophyllum byssoides (Lamarck) Foslie Mediterranean
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Publication details
Spongites byssoides (Lamarck) Kützing 1869: 35, fig. 99e
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1869). Tabulae phycologicae; oder, Abbildungen der Tange. Vol. XIX pp. i-iv, 1-36, 100 pls. Nordhausen: Gedruckt auf kosten des Verfassers (in commission bei W. Köhne). Download PDF
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 Lithophyllum byssoides (Lamarck) Foslie
Basionym
Nullipora byssoides Lamarck
Type information
Type locality: France: La Manche [dubious] (Silva 1996-to date). Lectotype: PC (Woelkerling et al. 2005: 44).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.
Key references
Woelkerling, W.J. (1998). Lamarck's nullipores. In: Non-geniculate Coralline Red Algae and the Paris Muséum: Systematics and Scientific History. (Woelkerling, W.J. & Lamy, D. Eds), pp. 101-404. Paris: Publications Scientifiques du Muséum/A.D.A.C.
Created: 19 July 1999 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 23 January 2017 by M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2019.
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