Mesotrema australis (Harvey) Papenfuss 1942

Publication Details
Mesotrema australis (Harvey) Papenfuss 1942: 449

Published in: Papenfuss, G.F. (1942). Notes on algal nomenclature: I. Pollexfenia, Jeannerettia and Mesotrema. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 28: 446-451.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Mesotrema is Mesotrema pavonia J.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Martensia australis Harvey.

Basionym
Martensia australis Harvey

Type Information
Type locality: "King George's Sound, February, rare, February (88)" [King George Sound, Western Australia]; (Harvey 1855: 537) Lectotype (designated by Yoshida 1988: 981): TCD; Herb. Harvey, Aust. Alg. Exsicc. 111B (Yoshida 1998: 981) Notes: Travelling Set No. 88 missing in 1952 (Womersley 2003: 97). Lectotype also designated by Millar (1990: 417).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), south, southern (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 29 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 27 May 2010

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 May 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 June 2025

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