Melanthalia obtusata (Labillardière) J.Agardh
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Gracilariales
Family Gracilariaceae
Genus Melanthalia
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From: Harvey, W.H. (1858-1863). Phycologia australica. Vols 1-5. Plates I-CCC. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. Available on CD from http://www.phycology.ugent.be/harvey.
Publication details
Melanthalia obtusata (Labillardière) J.Agardh 1852: 614
Original publication: Agardh, J.G. (1852). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumis secundi: Algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 2. pp. 577-700 [701-720, Addenda and Index]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Melanthalia is Fucus obtusatus Labillardiére.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Fucus obtusatus Labillardiére
Type information
Type locality: SE Tasmania (Womersley 1996: 33). Holotype : Labillardière; FI (Womersley 1996: 33). Notes: Syntype in Herb. Montagne, PC.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Fucus obtusatus Labillardiére 1806
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Rhodomela obtusata (Labillardière) C.Agardh 1822
Melanthalia jaubertiana Montagne 1843
Melanthalia billardieri Montagne 1843
Acropeltis jaubertiana (Montagne) Trevisan 1845
Melanthalia vieillardii Kützing 1863
Melanthalia obtusata var. jaubertiana (Montagne) V.J.Chapman 1979
General environment
This is a marine species.
Habitat
A deep-water species found on rough-water coasts (Womersley 1996: 33).
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Melanthalia obtusata (Labillardière) J.Agardh)
Australia and New Zealand: Bass Strait (Womersley 1996), South Australia (Womersley 1996), Tasmania (Womersley 1996), Victoria (Womersley 1996, Gurgel & Fredericq 2004, Withall & Saunders 2007).
(as Melanthalia vieillardii Kützing)
Pacific Islands: New Caledonia (Millar & Prud'homme van Reine 2005).
(as Melanthalia obtusata var. jaubertiana (Montagne) V.J.Chapman)
Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Chapman 1979), Stewart Island (Chapman 1979).
Key references
Withall, R.D. & Saunders, G.W. (2007 '2006'). Combining small and large subunit ribosomal DNA genes to resolve relationships among orders of the Rhodymeniophycidae (Rhodophyta): recognition of the Acrosymphytales ord. nov. and Sebdeniales ord. nov. European Journal of Phycology 41: 379-394.
Womersley, H.B.S. (1996). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIIB - Gracilariales, Rhodymeniales, Corallinales and Bonnemaisoniales. Vol. 5 pp. 1-392, 160 figs. Canberra & Adelaide: Australian Biological Resources Study & the State Herbarium of South Australia.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Melanthalia&species=obtusata
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=Melanthalia&Species=obtusata
Created: 27 April 2001 by Wendy Guiry
Verified by: 24 February 2009 by Wendy Guiry
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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Fredericq, S. & Hommersand, M. (1990). Taxonomy of Melanthalia obtusata var. abscissa and its placement in the Gracilariales (Rhodophyta). Cryptogamic Botany 2: 4-11.
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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 20 June 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:59115
