Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Spongites tunicatus
Corallinaceae
Spongites tunicatus Penrose , legitimate, scientific
Penrose, D.L. in Womersley, H.B.S. (1996), Hydrolithon, Pneophyllum, Spongites & Neogoniolithon. The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIIB: 278-279, fig. 127 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: Type from Variety Bay, Bruny I., Tas. (Woelkerling, Platt & Brown, 17.ii.1983); holotype in LTB 12980, illustrated in Fig 13B-D and by Penrose (1990, figs 59, 60).
  • Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: La Trobe: 12980
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: R.Cowan (2011) uses this taxon concept.
  • AMANI dist.: Victoria (Flindersian), Tasmania (Flindersian).