Mesophyllum ornatum (Foslie & M.Howe) Athanasiadis 1999

Publication Details
Mesophyllum ornatum (Foslie & M.Howe) Athanasiadis 1999: 246-247

Published in: Athanasiadis, A. (1999). Mesophyllum macedonis, nov. sp. (Rhodophyta, Corallinales), a putative Tethyan relic in the north Aegean Sea. European Journal of Phycology 34: 239-252, 23 figs, 1 table.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Mesophyllum is Mesophyllum lichenoides (J.Ellis) Me.Lemoine.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Magnephycus ornatus (Foslie & M.Howe) Athanasiadis & D.L.Ballantine.

Basionym
Lithothamnion mesomorphum var. ornatum Foslie & M.Howe

Type Information
Type locality: Cave Cays, Exuma Chain, Bahamas; (Woelkerling 1998: 355) Holotype: M.A. Howe; 19.ii.1905; under rock overhang, low littoral; NY; Howe no. 4021 (Woelkerling 1998: 355) Notes: Isotypes: PC, Howe no. 4021, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym); BM, Howe no. 4021, algal box collection 922; L 942.360-29 (Howe no. 4021); TRH, Howe no4021, includes slide 1579 and two slides numbered Howe 4021.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), furnished, equipped, embellished, adorned (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 09 March 2000 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 25 February 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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