Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Porolithon onkodes
Alga coralina, Algae
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
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- 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.