Petrospongium berkeleyi (Greville) Nägeli ex Kützing 1858
Current name:
Petrospongium berkeleyi (Greville) Nägeli ex Kützing
Petrospongium berkeleyi, Spanish Point, Co. Clare, Ireland - 28 August 2010. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Petrospongium berkeleyi (Greville) Nägeli ex Kützing 1858: 2, pl. 3: fig. II: a-c
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1858). Tabulae phycologicae; oder, Abbildungen der Tange. Vol. VIII pp. i-ii, 1-48, 100 plates. Nordhausen: Gedruckt auf kosten des Verfassers (in commission bei W. Köhne).
Original description: 
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Petrospongium.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Chaetophora berkeleyi Greville
Type Information
Type locality: Torquay, on marble rocks, summer 1825 (Berkeley); (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 09 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 17 October 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 November 2024
