Spongites orbiculatus (T.Masaki) Maneveldt & D.W.Keats 2016
Publication Details
Spongites orbiculatus (T.Masaki) Maneveldt & D.W.Keats 2016: 30 (as 'orbicularis')
Published in: Maneveldt, G.W. & Keats, D.W. (2016). Taxonomic review based on new morpho-anatomical data of the algae Porolithon craspedium and P. gardineri (Corallinaceae, Corallinales, Rhodophyta), and comments on other taxa ascribed to the genus. Phytotaxa 289(1): 1-35, 69 fig., 3 tables.
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 Dawsoniolithon orbiculatum (T.Masaki) R.A.Townsend & Huisman.
Source of Synonymy
Townsend, R.A. & Huisman, J.M. (2018). Transfer of Oztralia gabrielsonii and Oztralia orbiculata to Dawsoniolithon (Corallinales, Rhodophyta). Notulae Algarum 78: 1-2.
Basionym
Porolithon orbiculatum T.Masaki
Type Information
Tyoe locality: Muroto-misaki, Kochi Pref. Tomisaki [Japan]; (Masaki 1968: 45) Holotype: T. Masaki; 7 June 1963; HAK; Masaki 60-27 (Masaki pl. 29, fig. 1) (Masaki 1968)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), orbicular (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 04 February 2017 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 16 October 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 October 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 January 2025
