Mesophyllum brachycladum (Foslie) W.H.Adey 1970
Publication Details
Mesophyllum brachycladum (Foslie) W.H.Adey 1970: 22
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
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Basionym
Lithothamnion brachycladum Foslie
Type Information
Type locality: St Helena [Island]; (Woelkerling 1998: 332) Holotype: collector not indicated; date not indicated; dredged off St. Helena, presented [to BM] by W.H. Surton; BM; algal box collection 30 (including a label from Foslie with the number 10 and the name on it). (Woelkerling 1998: 332) Notes: Holotype fragments: TRH C16-3249, British Museum no. 10, includes slides 336 and 1360; PC, British Museum no. 10, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym). Athanasiadis & Ballantine (2014: Appendix I:1) insist that the holotype is in TRH and the BM material is an isotype.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 29 September 1999 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 19 April 2024
