Sporolithon eltorense J.L.Richards & P.W.Gabrielson 2017

Publication Details
Sporolithon eltorense J.L.Richards & P.W.Gabrielson 2017: 1053, fig. 7 (as 'eltorensis')

Published in: Richards, J.L., Sauvage, T., Schmidt, W.E., Fredericq, S., Hughey, J.R. & Gabrielson, P.W. (2017). The coralline genera Sporolithon and Heydrichia (Sporolithales, Rhodophyta) clarified by sequencing type material of their generitypes and other species. Journal of Phycology 53(5): 1044-1059.

Publication date: 2017

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sporolithon is Sporolithon ptychoides Heydrich.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: Gulf of Suez, El Tor, Egypt (28°14.080'N, 33°36.174'E); (Richards et al. 2017: 1053) Holotype: Will Schmidt, Daniela Gabriel & Thomas Sauvage; 8.v.2012; on sand and coral bottom, 1-2 m deep; NCU; 606659 (Richards et al. 2017: 1053) Notes: Paratype ("isotype"): specimen LAF 5767, Gulf of Aqaba, Dahab, Egypt (28°28.654'N, 34°30.698'E), 1-2 m deep, collected by Will Schmidt, Daniela Gabriel & Thomas Sauvage.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 17 November 2017 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 20 February 2024

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Paul Gabrielson in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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