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]

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)