Spongodium parvulum Bory ex Audouin 1817
Publication Details
Spongodium parvulum Bory ex Audouin 1817: pl. 2: fig. 1
Published in: Savigny, J.-C. (1817). Explication sommaire des planches d'Hydrophytes de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, publiées par Jules-César Savigny, membre de l'Institute: offerent un exposé des charactères naturels des genres, avec la distinction des espèces.. In: Description de l'Égypte our recueile et des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, publié par les orderes de sa majesté l'empereur Napoléon le Grand. Histoire naturelle. T. 2. (France (Commission d'Égypte) Eds), pp. 14 pls. [Polyopes], 2 pls [Algae]. Paris: Imprimeries Impériales.
Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Codium parvulum (Bory ex Audouin) P.C.Silva.
Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C. & Lipkin, Y. (2003). Marine algae published by Savigny in the zoological part of "Description de l'Égypte". Cryptogamie, Algologie 24(4): 371-386, 17 figs.
Type Information
Type locality: Red Sea or Mediterranean; (INA 1996)GENT: El Gouna, Red Sea, Egypt. leg. Frederik Leliaert FL 1014, 25.xii.2004 (fide Israel et al., Phycologia 49: 110, fig. 6. 2010) (epitype) (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very small (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 05 May 2010 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 September 2020
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 September 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024
