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IOC entry for Sporolithon sibogae

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Sporolithon sibogae (Weber-van Bosse & Foslie) P. Silva

Archaeolithothamnion sibogae Weber-van Bosse & Foslie in Foslie, 1901c: 3 (type locality: Pearl Bank, Sulu Archipelago, Philippine Islands).

Sporolithon sibogae (Weber-van Bosse & Foslie) P. Silva in P. Silva, Meñez, & Moe, 1987: 39.

INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar.

Note: In an ecological study of Madagascar coral reefs, Pichon (1978: 156, 192, 301, 421) cited this species under the name Sporolithon sibogae. Because he failed to cite the basionym, however, the combination was not validly published.

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