Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Heterokonta > Phylum Ochrophyta > Subphylum Phaeista > Infraphylum Limnista > Superclass Fucistia > Class Phaeophyceae > Order Sphacelariales > Family Cladostephaceae > Genus Cladostephus

Cladostephus spongiosus (Hudson) C.Agardh, 1817

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cladostephus*	C.Agardh, 1817	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cladostephus spongiosus f. verticillatus*	(Lightfoot) Prud'homme van Reine, 1972	synonym
*Cladostephus verticillatus*	(Lightfoot) Lyngbye, 1819	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: piberenseralge sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: bruin wolfsklauwwier; moswier sources: Coppejans, E. (1998). Flora van de Noord-Franse en Belgische zeewieren [Marine algae of northern France and Belgium]. Nationale Plantentuin van België: Meise, Belgium. ISBN 90-72619-41-2. 462 pp.

Swedish: lummertofs sources: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Ukrainian: Кладостефус губчатий

Literature

basis of record	Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Sears, J.R. (ed.). 1998. NEAS keys to the benthic marine algae of the northeastern coast of North America from Long Island Sound to the Strait of Belle Isle. Northeast Algal Society. 163 p.
additional source	Algaebase
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (14 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (152 publications)
Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Guiry, Michael D. (2014). Cladostephus spongiosus (Hudson) C.Agardh, 1817. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2014). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145888