Melanthalia obtusata var. intermedia Harvey 1858

Publication Details
Melanthalia obtusata var. intermedia Harvey 1858: pl. 25 fig. 2

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Melanthalia is Fucus obtusatus Labillardière.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Melanthalia abscissa (Turner) Hooker f. & Harvey.

Source of Synonymy
Womersley, H.B.S. (1996). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIIB - Gracilariales, Rhodymeniales, Corallinales and Bonnemaisoniales. pp. [1]-392, 160 figs. Canberra & Adelaide: Australian Biological Resources Study with assistance from the State Herbarium of South Australia.

Type Information
Lectotype locality: Port Fairy, Victoria; (Womersley 1996: 35) Lectotype: Herb. Harvey, TCD; (Womersley 1996: 35) Notes: Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 319D.

Created: 24 February 2009 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 27 February 2019

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 February 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 June 2025