Melyvonnea aemulans (Foslie & M.Howe) Athanasiadis & D.L.Ballantine 2014

Publication Details
Melyvonnea aemulans (Foslie & M.Howe) Athanasiadis & D.L.Ballantine 2014: 394

Published in: Athanasiadis, A. & Ballantine, D.L. (2014). The genera Melyvonnea gen. nov. and Mesophyllum s.s. (Melobesioideae, Corallinales, Rhodophyta) particularly from the central Atlantic Ocean. Nordic Journal of Botany 35: 385-436.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Melyvonnea is Melyvonnea canariensis (Foslie) Athanasiadis & D.L.Ballantine.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Lithothamnion fruticulosum var. aemulans Foslie & M.Howe

Type Information
Type locality: San Juan, Puerto Rico, 28 May 1903, coll. M. A. Howe.; (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 453) Holotype: M.A. Howe; 28.v.1903; lying free just below low tide mark; TRH; 453 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 453) Notes: Part of holotype of Lithothamnion fruticulosum var. aemulans Foslie & Howe; partly in NY.

Origin of Species Name
Participle B (Latin), rivalling, more or less equalling (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 14 September 2014 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 February 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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