basis of record
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2024). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Rösler et al. (2016) reject this as an independent subfamily and note that the name Metagoniolithoideae H.W. Johansen 1969 has priority over Porolithoideae A. Kato & M, Baba 2011. In their opinion the subfamily Metagoniolithoideae comprises two monophyletic clades: Porolithon Foslie emend. A.Kato & M.Baba and Metagoniolithon Weber-van Bosse. [details]