Melanthalia obtusata (Labillardière) J.Agardh 1852

Publication Details
Melanthalia obtusata (Labillardière) J.Agardh 1852: 614

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1852). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumis secundi: Algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 2. pp. 577-700 [701-720, Addenda and Index]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Melanthalia is Fucus obtusatus Labillardière.

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

Basionym
Fucus obtusatus Labillardière

Type Information
Type locality: "Habitat ad capitis Van-Diemen littora" [Cape Maria van Diemen. Tasmania]; (Labillardière 1807: 111) Holotype : FI; (Womersley 1996: 33) Notes: Syntype in Herb. Montagne, PC.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
A deep-water species found on rough-water coasts (Womersley 1996: 33).

Created: 27 April 2001 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 January 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 January 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024

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