Melobesia calcarea (Pallas) Harvey

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Corallinophycidae
Order Corallinales
Family Hapalidiaceae
Subfamily Melobesioideae
Genus Melobesia

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Publication details
Melobesia calcarea (Pallas) Harvey 1849: 110

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 taxonomic synonym of Phymatolithon calcareum (Pallas) W.H.Adey & D.L.McKibbin

Basionym
Millepora calcarea Pallas

Type information
Neotype locality: Falmouth Harbour, Cornwall, England Neotype: W. F. Farnham; 11 Dec 1983; BM Box 1626. Isoneotypes: BM, LTB (Chamberlain & Irvine 1994: 212). Notes: Chamberlain & Irvine (1994) recommend consulting Woelkerling & Irvine (1986a: figs 1,15) for more information on the neotype of this species.

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), chalky, limy (Stearn 1973).

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a marine species.

Key references
Woelkerling, W.J. (1998). Lamarck's nullipores. In: Non-geniculate Coralline Red Algae and the Paris Muséum: Systematics and Scientific History. (Woelkerling, W.J. & Lamy, D. Eds), pp. 101-404. Paris: Publications Scientifiques du Muséum/A.D.A.C.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Melobesia&species=calcarea

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Melobesia&Species=calcarea

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 22 July 1999 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 05 August 2005 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 985 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=19471

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.