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Lithophyllum dentatum

Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Lithophyllaceae

Taxonomy
Spongites dentata was named by Kützing (1841). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lithophyllum dentatum by Foslie (1898), Braga and Aguirre (1995), Jauhri et al. (2006) and Kroeger (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Spongites dentata Kützing
1898Lithophyllum dentatum Foslie
1995Lithophyllum dentatum Braga and Aguirre
2006Lithophyllum dentatum Jauhri et al.
2007Lithophyllum dentatum Kroeger p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomRhodoplantaeSaunders and Hommersand 2004
phylumRhodophytaWettstein 1922
subphylumEurhodophytina
classFlorideophyceaeCronquist 1960
subclassCorallinophycidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderCorallinalesSilva and Johansen 1986
familyLithophyllaceaeAthanasiadis 2016
subfamilyLithophylloideaeSetchell 1943
genusLithophyllumPhilippi 1837
speciesdentatum(Kützing 1841)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Lithophyllum dentatum Kützing 1841
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Diagnosis
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