[Taxacom] New Algospongia treatment in IRMNG, plus Wikipedia page

[Tony Rees]

Dear Taxacomers,

Those following my most recent couple of posts/threads to Taxacom may have
noted that I have been working on the fossil group "Algospongia",
principally for updating relevant genus-level records in IRMNG, which
previous resided (unreviewed) all over the place e.g. as sponges, algae,
foraminifera, problematica, etc. With the assistance of the 2010
publication by Vachard & Cózar I have been able to sort all of these out
(plus a few more), also deal with a few errors and inconsistencies in that
publication, to the effect that I now have a classification (within the
group as "Algae incertae sedis") that I am happy with in IRMNG, see e.g.
https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1559 . In order to produce
this I needed to do a fair amount of background reading and come to some
editorial opinions, which I have decided to present to interested persons
in a human-readable form at a newly created Wikipedia page for Algospongia,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algospongia . That page attempts to navigate
a number of nomenclatural and taxonomic issues and present the situation as
it appears to me, September 2021, and can be updated further (as indeed can
the representation in IRMNG) as new information comes to hand, or
corrections are needed.

Please feel free to take a look if interested, and I am more than happy to
receive relevant feedback on any issues or statements therein. As a
stranger to this particular taxonomic group, I approached this project
similar to an "undergraduate essay topic" wherein I have tried to
synthesise available information, some of it internally contradictory, into
a coherent whole, for the benefit of reference for my future self if no-one
else!

Regards to all - Tony

Tony Rees, New South Wales, Australia
https://about.me/TonyRees
www.irmng