Mesophyllum haptericola (Foslie) W.H.Adey 1970
Publication Details
Mesophyllum haptericola (Foslie) W.H.Adey 1970: 24
Published in: Adey, W.H. (1970). A revision of the Foslie crustose coralline herbarium. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab Skrifter (1970)(1): 1-46, 13 figs. [in English]
Request PDFPublication date: October 1970
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 Orthocarpa haptericola (Foslie) Athanasiadis & D.L.Ballantine.
Basionym
Lithothamnion haptericola Foslie
Type Information
Type locality: "Algen er funden paa haptere: af Ecklonia i Island Bay naerheden af Wellington, Ny Seland (Setehell, nr. 6351).: [near Wellington, Island Bay, North Island, New Zealand]; (Foslie 1906: 8) Holotype: W.A. Setchell (No. 6351); vi 1904; on holdfasts of Ecklonia [radiata?]; TRH; B17-2549 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 341) Notes: Additional data in Woelkerling (1993: 114), who mistakenly gives the type locality as the ‘Bay of Islands’. "Syntype: In UC (745591, Setchell no. 6351, includes two slides, North Island, Island Bay, near Wellington, New Zealand; Figures 75, 76)" (Athanasiadis & Ballantine 2024: 179).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 February 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
