Melobesia darwinii Harvey 1849
Publication Details
Melobesia darwinii Harvey 1849: 109 (as 'Darwini')
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1849). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic regions; deposited in the Herbarium of the Dublin University. [Part 2]. pp. 65-124 [ends abruptly], pls XXVI-L. London: Reeve Brothers.
Request PDFPublication date: "before November 1849"
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Melobesia is Melobesia membranacea (Esper) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lithothamnion darwinii (Harvey) Areschoug.
Type Information
Type locality: King George's Sound Darwin [Western Australia]; (Harvey 1849: 109)TCD?; Notes: Wilks & Woelkerling (1991: 529) note that the type appears to be missing. The specimen from King George Sound, Western Australia, upon which Harvey (1849) based the protologue of Melobesi darwinii could not be found. The status and disposition is in doubt, but from the description it is almost certainly not a Melobesia.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2009 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 15 February 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024
