''Oceanitis'' is a
genus of
marine fungi in the class
Halosphaeriaceae. It has four species.
The genus was
circumscribed
In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius.
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by mycologist Jan Kohlmeyer in 1977, with ''Oceanitis scuticella'' assigned as the
type species.
The genus name of ''Oceanitis'' refers to the
Greek mythology, the
Oceanids or Oceanides (the daughters of
Oceanus
In Greek mythology, Oceanus (; grc-gre, , Ancient Greek pronunciation: , also Ὠγενός , Ὤγενος , or Ὠγήν ) was a Titan son of Uranus and Gaia, the husband of his sister the Titan Tethys, and the father of the river gods a ...
).
''Oceanitis cincinnatula'' and other fungi genera (including ''
Aniptodera salsuginosa'') have been found in intertidal
mangrove forests within Thailand.
Species
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Oceanitis cincinnatula''
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Oceanitis scuticella''
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Oceanitis unicaudata''
*''
Oceanitis viscidula''
References
Sordariomycetes
Sordariomycetes genera
Taxa described in 1977
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