Litholepis melobesioides Weber Bosse, nom. illeg.

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Corallinophycidae
Order Corallinales
Family Corallinaceae
Genus Litholepis

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Publication details
Litholepis melobesioides Weber Bosse 1932: 21, nom. illeg.

Published in: Weber-van Bosse, A. (1932). Algues. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, Hors Série 6(1): 27, V plates.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Litholepis is Litholepis caspica (Foslie) Foslie.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lithothamnion monostromaticum Foslie

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

Taxonomic notes
Illegitimate: based on an illegitimate, superfluous name, Lithothamnion melobesioides Foslie, 1903, q.v. - (14 Aug 2015) - M.D. Guiry

General environment
This is a marine species.

No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.

Key references
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.

Created: 20 April 2009 by Wendy Guiry

Verified by: 14 August 2015 by M.D. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 February 2020.