Oceanitis
Genus of fungi
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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 | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Microascales |
| Family: | Halosphaeriaceae |
| Genus: | Oceanitis Kohlm. (1977) |
| Type species | |
| Oceanitis scuticella Kohlm. (1977) | |
| Species | |
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O. cincinnatula | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The genus name of Oceanitis refers to the Greek mythology, the Oceanids or Oceanides (the daughters of Oceanus).[4]
Oceanitis cincinnatula and other fungi genera (including Aniptodera salsuginosa) have been found in intertidal mangrove forests within Thailand.[5]
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)
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