Oceanitis

Oceanitis is a genus of marine fungi in the class Halosphaeriaceae. It has four species.[2] The genus was circumscribed by mycologist Jan Kohlmeyer in 1977, with Oceanitis scuticella assigned as the type species.[3]

Oceanitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Microascales
Family: Halosphaeriaceae
Genus: Oceanitis
Kohlm. (1977)
Type species
Oceanitis scuticella
Kohlm. (1977)
Species

O. cincinnatula
O. scuticella
O. unicaudata
O. viscidula

Synonyms[1]
  • Ascosalsum J.Campb. (2003)
  • Falcatispora K.L.Pang & E.B.G.Jones (2003)

The genus name of Oceanitis refers to the Greek mythology, the Oceanids or Oceanides (the daughters of Oceanus).[4]

Species

  • Oceanitis cincinnatula (Shearer & J.L.Crane) J.Dupont & E.B.G.Jones (2009)
  • Oceanitis scuticella Kohlm. (1977)
  • Oceanitis unicaudata (E.B.G.Jones & Camp.-Als.) J.Dupont & E.B.G.Jones (2009)
  • Oceanitis viscidula (Kohlm. & E.Kohlm.) J.Dupont & E.B.G.Jones (2009)

References

  1. "Synonymy: Oceanitis Kohlm., Revue Mycol., Paris 41(2): 193 (1977)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8.
  3. Kohlmeyer, J. (1977). "New genera and species of higher fungi from the deep sea (1615–5315 m)". Revue de Mycologie (Paris). 41 (2): 189–206.
  4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.


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