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Sporolithon afonense

Florideophyceae - Sporolithales - Sporolithaceae

Taxonomy
Archaeolithothamnium afonensis was named by Maslov (1956).

It was recombined as Sporolithon afonense by Bassi et al. (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Archaeolithothamnium afonense Maslov
2007Sporolithon afonense Bassi et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomRhodoplantaeSaunders and Hommersand 2004
phylumRhodophytaWettstein 1922
subphylumEurhodophytina
classFlorideophyceaeCronquist 1960
RankNameAuthor
subclassCorallinophycidae()
orderSporolithales
familySporolithaceaeVerheij 1993
genusSporolithon(Rothpletz 1891)
speciesafonense(Maslov 1956)

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 afonense Maslov 1956
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Invalid names: Archaeolithothamnium afonense Maslov 1962 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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