Sporolithon

Sporolithon is a genus of red coralline algae in the family Sporolithaceae, in the order Corallinales.[1]

Sporolithon
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Order:	Sporolithales
Family:	Sporolithaceae
Genus:	Sporolithon Heydrich, 1897
Species
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Species

the World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus:-[2]

• Sporolithon africanum (Foslie) J.Afonso-Carillo, 1986
• Sporolithon australasicum (Foslie) N.Yamaguishi-Tomita ex M.J.Wynne, 1986
• Sporolithon crassiramosum (Pilger) P.C.Silva, 1996
• Sporolithon crassum Heydrich, 1897
• Sporolithon durum (Foslie) R.A.Townsend & Woelkerling, 1995
• Sporolithon elevatum M.C.Henriques & R.Riosmena-Rodriguez, 2014
• Sporolithon episoredion (Adey, Townsend & Boykins) Verheij, 1992
• Sporolithon episporum (M.A.Howe) E.Y.Dawson, 1960
• Sporolithon erythraeum (Rothpletz) Kylin, 1956
• Sporolithon howei (Lemoine) N.Yamaguishi-Tomita ex M.J.Wynne, 1986
• Sporolithon indicum V.Krishnamurthy & Jayagopal, 1987
• Sporolithon lemoinei (Weber-van Bosse) Verheij, 1993
• Sporolithon liberum (M.Lemoine) J.Aguirre & J.C.Braga, 1998
• Sporolithon mediterraneum Heydrich, 1899
• Sporolithon mesophoticum J.Richards, P.W.Gabrielson & C.W.Schneider, 2018
• Sporolithon molle (Heydrich) Heydrich, 1897
• Sporolithon pacificum E.Y.Dawson, 1960
• Sporolithon ptychoides Heydrich, 1897
• Sporolithon schmidtii (Foslie) G.D.Gordon, Masaki & Akioka, 1976
• Sporolithon sibogae (Weber-van Bosse & Foslie) P.C.Silva, 1987
• Sporolithon stefaninii (Raineri) P.C.Silva, 1996
• Sporolithon tenue R.G.Bahia, G.M.Amado-Filho, G.W.Maneveldt & W.H.Adey, 2013
• Sporolithon timorense (Foslie) P.C.Silva, 1987

References

1. Guiry, Michael D. (2019). "Sporolithaceae E. Verheij, 1993". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
2. Guiry, Michael D. (2019). "Sporolithon Heydrich, 1897". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 May 2019.