Spongites corallioides P.Crouan & H.Crouan 1852

Current name: Lithothamnion corallioides (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) P.Crouan & H.Crouan
Trá an Dóilín, An Cheathrú Rua, Co. na Gaillimhe; low water plants - 05 May 2008. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Spongites corallioides P.Crouan & H.Crouan 1852: no. 242

Published in: [Crouan, P.L. & Crouan, H.M.] (1852). Algues marines du Finistère. Vol. 1-3 pp. Premier volume, Fucóïdees: 1 Apr 1852 (signed on p. [8]), p. [1]-[12], 1 -112 specimens with detailed labels, [vii, index]. Deuxième volume, Floridées: 1852, p. [1]-[12], 113-322, id., [iv-xi, index]. Troisième volume, Zoospermées: 1852, p. [l]-[8], 323-4. Brest: chez Crouans frères, pharmaciens.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Spongites is Spongites fruticulosus Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lithothamnion corallioides (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) P.Crouan & H.Crouan.

Source of Synonymy
Crouan, P.L. & Crouan, H.M. (1867). Florule du Finistère contenant les descriptions de 360 espèces nouvelles de sporogames, de nombreuses observations et une synonymic des plantes cellulaires et vasculaires qui croissent spontanément dans ce département, accompagnées de trente-deux planches où est représentée l'organographie, faite sur l'état vif, des fruits et des tissus de 198 genres d'algues avec la plante grandeur naturelle ou réduite plus une planche supplémentaire où sont figures 24 champignons nouveaux. pp. [i]-x, [1]-262, frontisp., pi. 1-31, + 1 suppl. pl., coloured liths. by H. Crouan. Paris & Brest: Friedrich Klincksieck & J.B. et A. Lefournier.

Type Information
Type locality: Rade de Brest, Finistère, Bretagne, France; (Woelkerling 1998: 391) Neotype (designated by Woelkerling 1993: 390): not indicated but most likely to be P.L. & H.M. Crouan; date not indicated; no habitat data on type; BM; Algues marines du Finistère, No. 242 (Irvine & Chamberlain 1994: 180) Notes: Isoneotypes: PC, Algues marines du Finistere no. 242, Thuret-Bornet Herbarium (algal fascicle 131, filed under Lithothamnion), includes printed label; PC, Algues marines du Finistere no. 242, Cryptogamic Library in the separately preserved exsiccata, includes printed label; PC, no. 242, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym) (Woelkerling, 1993: 390).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 February 2025

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Nomenclatural note
Nomen. Validated by ref. to Ellis's descr. in polynomial nomenclature (INA). - (06 May 2015) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 February 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 April 2025