WoRMS taxon details
Prionitis J.Agardh, 1851
- Species Prionitis abbreviata Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1924
- Species Prionitis acroidalea (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) E.Y.Dawson, 1961
- Species Prionitis albemarlensis W.R.Taylor, 1945
- Species Prionitis australis (J.Agardh) J.Agardh, 1851
- Species Prionitis delicatula (W.R.Taylor) E.Y.Dawson, 1954
- Species Prionitis filiformis Kylin, 1941
- Species Prionitis galapagensis W.R.Taylor, 1945
- Species Prionitis hancockii W.R.Taylor, 1945
- Species Prionitis imbricata (Holmes) Showe M.Lin & Rodríguez-Prieto, 2024
- Species Prionitis lanceolata (Harvey) Harvey, 1853
- Species Prionitis ligulata J.Agardh, 1851
- Species Prionitis linearis Kylin, 1941
- Species Prionitis mexicana E.Y.Dawson, 1944
- Species Prionitis nodifera (Hering) E.S.Barton, 1896
- Species Prionitis obtusa Sonder, 1871
- Species Prionitis sternbergii (C.Agardh) J.Agardh, 1851
- Species Prionitis subdichotoma E.Y.Dawson, 1961
- Species Prionitis vietnamensis P.H.Hô, 1969
- Species Prionitis wentii Weber-van Bosse, 1921
- Species Prionitis andersoniana Eaton ex J.Agardh, 1876 accepted as Prionitis sternbergii (C.Agardh) J.Agardh, 1851 (synonym)
- Species Prionitis angusta (Okamura) Okamura, 1899 accepted as Grateloupia angusta (Okamura) S.Kawaguchi & H.W.Wang, 2001
- Species Prionitis angusta (Harvey) Setchell, 1899 accepted as Prionitis filiformis Kylin, 1941
- Species Prionitis articulata Okamura, 1899 accepted as Grateloupia articulata (Okamura) S.Kawaguchi & H.W.Wang, 2001
- Species Prionitis clarionensis (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Kajimura accepted as Grateloupia clarionensis (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) S.Kawaguchi & H.W.Wang, 2001
- Species Prionitis colensoi J.D.Hooker & Harvey, 1855 accepted as Placentophora colensoi (J.D.Hooker & Harvey) Kraft, 1976
- Species Prionitis cornea (Okamura) E.Y.Dawson, 1958 accepted as Grateloupia cornea Okamura, 1913
- Species Prionitis corymbifera I.A.Abbott, 1998 accepted as Grateloupia corymbifera (I.A.Abbott) S.Kawaguchi & H.W.Wang, 2001
- Species Prionitis crinita (S.G.Gmelin) J.Agardh, 1851 accepted as Tichocarpus crinitus (S.G.Gmelin) Ruprecht, 1850 (synonym)
- Species Prionitis crispata (Okamura) Kawaguchi, 1989 accepted as Grateloupia crispata (Okamura) Y.-P.Lee, 2008 (synonym)
- Species Prionitis decipiens (Montagne) J.Agardh, 1851 accepted as Neorubra decipiens (Montagne) M.S.Calderon, G.H.Boo & S.M.Boo, 2014
- Species Prionitis divaricata (Okamura) Kawaguchi, 1989 accepted as Grateloupia chiangii S.Kawaguchi & H.W.Wang, 2001
- Species Prionitis elata Okamura, 1899 accepted as Grateloupia elata (Okamura) S.Kawaguchi & H.W.Wang, 2001
- Species Prionitis formosana (Okamura) Kawaguchi & Nguyen, 1998 accepted as Yonagunia formosana (Okamura) Kawaguchi & Masuda, 2004
- Species Prionitis guaymasensis E.Y.Dawson, 1944 accepted as Prionitis abbreviata var. guaymasensis (E.Y.Dawson) E.Y.Dawson, 1959 (synonym)
- Species Prionitis jubata J.Agardh, 1851 accepted as Prionitis sternbergii (C.Agardh) J.Agardh, 1851 (synonym)
- Species Prionitis kinoensis E.Y.Dawson, 1944 accepted as Prionitis acroidalea (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) E.Y.Dawson, 1961
- Species Prionitis lyallii Harvey, 1862 accepted as Prionitis sternbergii (C.Agardh) J.Agardh, 1851
- Species Prionitis microcarpa (C.Agardh) J.Agardh, 1851 accepted as Polyopes constrictus (Turner) J.Agardh, 1851
- Species Prionitis patens Okamura, 1899 accepted as Grateloupia patens (Okamura) S.Kawaguchi & H.W.Wang, 2001 (synonym)
- Species Prionitis pectinata J.Agardh, 1851 accepted as Prionitis decipiens (Montagne) J.Agardh, 1851 accepted as Neorubra decipiens (Montagne) M.S.Calderon, G.H.Boo & S.M.Boo, 2014
- Species Prionitis pterocladina M.J.Wynne, 1993 accepted as Grateloupia pterocladina (M.J.Wynne) S.Kawaguchi & H.W.Wang, 2001
- Species Prionitis ramosissima (Okamura) Kawaguchi, 1989 accepted as Grateloupia ramosissima Okamura, 1913
- Species Prionitis schmitziana Okamura, 1899 accepted as Grateloupia schmitziana (Okamura) S.Kawaguchi & H.W.Wang, 2001
- Species Prionitis simplex G.J.Hollenberg & I.A.Abbott, 1968 accepted as Grateloupia simplex (Hollenberg & I.A.Abbott) S.Kawaguchi & H.W.Wang, 2001
- Species Prionitis vizcainensis (E.Y.Dawson) E.Y.Dawson, Neushul & WIldman, 1960 accepted as Prionitis filiformis Kylin, 1941 (synonym)
marine
Agardh, J. G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 1. pp. [i]-xii, [1]-336 + 337-351 [Addenda and Indices]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup. [details] 
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8157
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8157 [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Prionitis J.Agardh, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205954 on 2026-03-02
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Nomenclature
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Agardh, J. G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 1. pp. [i]-xii, [1]-336 + 337-351 [Addenda and Indices]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup. [details] 
basis of record Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. <em>University of California Publications in Botany.</em> 79: 1-1259., available online at https://books.google.be/books?hl=pt-PT&lr=&id=vtBdDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=Catalogue+of+the+benthic+marine+algae+of+the+Indian+Ocean&ots=FL-YOKu8Cx&sig=3PmT926F1rNHQTf1AhDeY-ztmu4#v=onepage&q=Catalogue%20of%20the%20benthic%20marine%20algae%20of%20the%20 [details]
basis of record Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. <em>University of California Publications in Botany.</em> 79: 1-1259., available online at https://books.google.be/books?hl=pt-PT&lr=&id=vtBdDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=Catalogue+of+the+benthic+marine+algae+of+the+Indian+Ocean&ots=FL-YOKu8Cx&sig=3PmT926F1rNHQTf1AhDeY-ztmu4#v=onepage&q=Catalogue%20of%20the%20benthic%20marine%20algae%20of%20the%20 [details]
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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
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LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8157 [details]
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