Spongiochloris spongiosa (Vischer) R.C.Starr 1955
Publication Details
Spongiochloris spongiosa (Vischer) R.C.Starr 1955: 70, figs 154-164
Published in: Starr, R.C. (1955). A comparative study of Chlorococcum meneghini and other spherical, zoospore-producing genera of the Chlorococcales. Indiana University Publications. Science Series 20: [i]-viii, 1-111, 239 figs.
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Spongiochloris.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Asterococcus spongiosus Vischer
Type Information
Type locality: "Dasselbe ist der Fall für eine weitere Art vom gleichen Fundort, die wohl voeläufig derselben Gattung zugewiesen werden
darf" [Unterengadin, Switzerland: near Il Fuorn]; (Vischer 1945: 47) Notes: Soil samples.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), spongy, porous, soft like a wet sponge (Stearn 1973).
Created: 22 April 2003 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 22 August 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 August 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
