Melobesia frondosa Dufour 1861

Lithophyllum stictiforme (Areschoug) Hauck

Current name: Lithophyllum stictiforme (Areschoug) Hauck
Rottnest Island, Western AustraliaJ.M. Huisman

Publication Details
Melobesia frondosa Dufour 1861: 39

Published in: Dufour, L. (1861). Quadro delle Melobesie del mare di Genova. Comm. Soc. crittog. italica 1: 37-40.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Melobesia is Melobesia membranacea (Esper) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lithophyllum stictiforme (Areschoug) Hauck.

Type Information
Lectotype locality: San Nazzaro, Genoa, Italy; (Furnari, Cormaci & Alongi 1996: 121) Lectotype: L. Dufour; date not indicated; PC; unnumbered, Thuret-Bornet Herbarium (algal fascicle 132, filed under Lithophyllum expansum); designated by Woelkerling, Penrose & Chamberlain, 1993: 327 (Woelkerling 1998: 372)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), leafy.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 09 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 April 2009

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 April 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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