Pleonosporium caribaeum (Børgesen) R.E.Norris 1985

Spongoclonium caribaeum (Børgesen) M.J.Wynne

Current name: Spongoclonium caribaeum (Børgesen) M.J.Wynne
Cape Peron, Western AustraliaG.J. Edgar

Publication Details
Pleonosporium caribaeum (Børgesen) R.E.Norris 1985: 61

Published in: Norris, R.E. (1985). Studies on Pleonosporium and Mesothamnion (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) with a description of a new species from Natal. British Phycological Journal 20: 59-68, 28 figs.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pleonosporium is Pleonosporium borreri (Smith) Nägeli.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Spongoclonium caribaeum (Børgesen) M.J.Wynne.

Source of Synonymy
Wynne, M.J. (2005). A check-list of benthic marine algae of the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic: second revision. Nova Hedwigia Beiheft 129: 1-152.

Basionym
Mesothamnion caribaeum Børgesen

Type Information
Type locality: "St. Jan: Off Annaberg" [Annaberg, St. John, Virgin Islands]; (Børgesen 1917: 216) Holotype: dredged from 30 m; C; (Yoshida 1998: 917)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), of the Caribbean.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 03 August 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 20 May 2010

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 May 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 November 2024

 
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