Hydrolithon farinosum f. callithamnioides (Foslie) Serio 1994
Publication Details
Hydrolithon farinosum f. callithamnioides (Foslie) Serio 1994: 969
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Hydrolithon is Hydrolithon reinboldii (Weber Bosse & Foslie) Foslie.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Hydrolithon boreale (Foslie) Y.M.Chamberlain.
Basionym
Melobesia farinosa f. callithamnioides Foslie
Type Information
Notes: "Although Foslie (1905c: 69) equated his taxon with material identified as Melobesia callithamnioides ‘Crouan’ by Falkenberg (1879) and by several subsequent authors, Foslie explicitly excluded Hapalidium callithamnioides P.L. & H.M. Crouan (1860: 287) from his
taxon. Thus M. farinosa f. callithamnioides must be treated as a new taxon described by Foslie. Collections listed in Adey & Lebednik 1967: 32-34 under Melobesia farinosa without mention of forma]. Type: not designated (see Chamberlain 1983: 351-352). TRH has two syntypes (A15-887, A15-888)." (Woelkering et al. 2005: 126).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), mealy, covered with farina (flour-like, powdery covering) (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 September 2004
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 September 2004. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
