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Sporolithon aschersoni

Florideophyceae - Sporolithales - Sporolithaceae

Taxonomy
Lithothamnium aschersoni was named by Schwager (1883).

It was recombined as Archaeolithothamnion aschersoni by Foslie (1898); it was recombined as Archaeolithothamnium aschersoni by Segonzac (1961); it was recombined as Sporolithon aschersoni by Moussavian and Kuss (1990), Misra et al. (2001) and Misra et al. (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Lithothamnium aschersoni Schwager
1898Archaeolithothamnion aschersoni Foslie p. 3
1961Archaeolithothamnium aschersoni Segonzac
1990Sporolithon aschersoni Moussavian and Kuss figs. pl. 2, figs. 1-2
2001Sporolithon aschersoni Misra et al. p. 318
2011Sporolithon aschersoni Misra et al. p. 357 figs. Pl 2, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomRhodoplantaeSaunders and Hommersand 2004
phylumRhodophytaWettstein 1922
subphylumEurhodophytina
classFlorideophyceaeCronquist 1960
RankNameAuthor
subclassCorallinophycidae()
orderSporolithales
familySporolithaceaeVerheij 1993
genusSporolithon(Rothpletz 1891)
speciesaschersoni(Schwager 1883)

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.

Sporolithon aschersoni Schwager 1883
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Diagnosis
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