Spongiochloris excentrica R.C.Starr 1955

Publication Details
Spongiochloris excentrica R.C.Starr 1955: 72, figs 165-186

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
The type species (holotype) of the genus Spongiochloris is Spongiochloris spongiosa (Vischer) R.C.Starr.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Valeriella excentrica (R.C.Starr) Darienko & Pröschold.

Source of Synonymy
Darienko, T. & Pröschold, T. (2022). Valeriella, a new genus of terrestrial coccoid green algae previously assigned to Spongiochloris R.C.Starr (Chlorophyceae, Chlorococcaceae). Notulae Algarum 251: 1-7, 1 fig.

Type Information
Type locality: soil from Rock island, Caney Fork River, Tenn.; (INA 1996)

Created: 22 April 2003 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 August 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 August 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 April 2025