WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Porolithon castellum E.Y.Dawson, 1960

AphiaID

376038 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:376038)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Porolithon Foslie, 1909

Original name

Porolithon castellum E.Y.Dawson, 1960

Environment

marine

Original description

Dawson, E. Y. (1960). New records of marine algae from Pacific Mexico and Central America. Pacific Naturalist, 31-52, 7 figs. [details]

Descriptive notes

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:45068

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:45068 [details]

Taxonomic citation

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). Porolithon castellum E.Y.Dawson, 1960. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=376038 on 2026-04-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-08 15:18:27Z

created

Guiry, Michael D.

2010-12-13 10:09:16Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

2015-06-26 12:00:51Z

changed

db_admin

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Nomenclature

original description Dawson, E. Y. (1960). New records of marine algae from Pacific Mexico and Central America. Pacific Naturalist, 31-52, 7 figs. [details]

basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). 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]

From editor or global species database

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:45068 [details]

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