Melobesia confervicola (Kützing) Foslie 1900
Current name: Pneophyllum confervicola (Kützing) Y.M.ChamberlainMirella Coppola di Canzano (mirella.coppoladicanzano@fastwebnet.it)
Publication Details
Melobesia confervicola (Kützing) Foslie 1900: 6 (as 'confevicolum')
Published in: Foslie, M. (1900). Remarks on Melobesiae in Herbarium Crouan. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1899(7): 1-16.
Publication date: between 1.i.1900 and 25.vi.1900
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 Pneophyllum confervicola (Kützing) Y.M.Chamberlain.
Basionym
Phyllactidium confervicola Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: Trieste, Italy; (Silva & al. 1996: 267) Holotype: on Conferva vasta; L; 941.156-120 (Chamberlain 1994: 137)
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), based upon the old generic name Conferva & the Latin, colo (I inhabit).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 07 March 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024