Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Porolithon onkodes (Heydrich) Foslie

Alga coralina, Algae

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Rhodophyta

Class
Florideophyceae

Order
Corallinales

Family
Porolithaceae

Genus
Porolithon

Species
onkodes

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Lithothamnion onkodes Heydrich 1897, Goniolithon onkodes (Heydrich) Foslie 1898, Lithophyllum onkodes (Heydrich) Heydrich 1901, Spongites onkodes (Heydrich) Penrose & Woelkerling 1988, Hydrolithon onkodes (Heydrich) Penrose & Woelkerling 1992, Porolithon cocosicum Me.Lemoine 1930 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Guiry, M.D. Guiry, G.M. (2021) AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Porolithon onkodes", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19124. Accessed 23 May 2025.