Algae
Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)
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The Australian Algae Name Index (AANI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with algae names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. AANI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian Algae, please use the Australian Algae List (AAL) link above.
Corallinaceae
Spongites discoideus ( Foslie) Penrose & Woelk.
, legitimate , scientific
Ricker, R.W. (1987) , Taxonomy and Biogeography of Macquarie Island Seaweeds :
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[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Lithophyllum discoideum Foslie
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pseudolithophyllum discoideum ( Foslie) Me.Lemoine
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Hydrolithon discoideum ( Foslie) M.L.Mend. & Cabioch
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Lithophyllum capitulatum Heydr.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Lithophyllum fuegianum Heydr.
legitimate
R.Cowan (2011) uses this taxon concept.
Penrose, D. & Woelkerling, W.J. (1988) , A taxonomic reassessment of Hydrolithon Foslie, Porolithon Foslie and Pseudolithophyllum Lemoine emend. Adey (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta) and their relationships to Spongites Kuetzing. Phycologia 27 :
173
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Lithophyllum discoideum Foslie
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Lithophyllum atalayense Me.Lemoine
legitimate
ABRS (2011) , Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011 :
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[secondary reference]
AMANI dist.:
Tasmania (Macquarie Island). World: west Africa, South Africa, Terra del Fuego.