Melobesia accola (Foslie) Me.Lemoine 1924
Publication Details
Melobesia accola (Foslie) Me.Lemoine 1924: 289
Published in: Børgesen, F. (1924). Marine algae from Easter Island. In: The Natural History of Juan Fernandez and Easter Island. (Skottsberg, C. Eds) Vol. 2, pp. 247-309. Uppsala: Almquist & Wiksells.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Melobesia is Melobesia membranacea (Esper) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Litholepis accola Foslie
Type Information
Type locality: Hao, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia; (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 137) Holotype: Seurat (P. Hariot nr. 20); 20.xii.1904; TRH; A16-988 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 137) Notes: "Data on TRH specimen box mistakenly lists ‘Hao’ as being in Tahiti and does not include collector or collection date. Entry in Adey & Lebednik 1967: 36 reads 'Hariot, Tahiti, Hao, no. 20, Mus. Paris, 4.1907']" (Woelkering et al. 2005: 137).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 26 January 2005 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 August 2015
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 August 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
