Mastophora and the Mastophoreae

1 May 1943

journal article
research article
Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Vol. 29 (5) , 127-135
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.29.5.127

Abstract

Five subfamilies of coralline algae are defined with a key: Corallineae, Mastophoreae, Sporolitheae, Lithothamnieae and Lithophylleae. The Mastophoreae are divided and keyed into 5 genera: Metamastophora, Mastophora, Goniolithon, Lithoporella and Litholepis, Mastophora Decaisne (1842) with the species, M. rosea (C. Ag.) comb. nov., M. rosea f. condensata (Foslie) comb. nov., M. tenuis (Decaisne) Aresch., and M. affinis Foslie and METAMASTOPHORA with the species M. flabellata (Sonder) comb. nov., M. lamourouxii (Dec''ne ex Harvey) comb. nov., M. canaliculata (Harv.) comb. nov., M. stelligera (Endlicher et Diesing) comb. nov. and M. plana (Sonder) comb. nov. are presented with bibliography, synonymy and discussion.

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