Millepora alga J.F.Gmelin, nom. illeg. 1791

Publication Details
Millepora alga J.F.Gmelin, nom. illeg. 1791: 3789

Published in: Gmelin, J.F. (1791). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis. Tomus II. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Vol. 2 pp. [i]-xl, [1]-884. Leipzig: Georg Emanuel Beer.

Publication date: late Sep-Nov 1791

Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Mesophyllum lichenoides (J.Ellis) Me.Lemoine.

Source of Synonymy
Athanasiadis, A. (2016). Phycologia Europaea Rhodophyta Vol. I. pp. [i]-xxxxviii, 1-762. Thessaloniki: Published and distributed by the author.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 22 July 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 04 October 2017

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Nomenclatural note
Illegitimate: unwarranted change of epithet. - (04 October 2017) - M.D. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 October 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 June 2025