Melobesia crassa Lloyd 1860
Publication Details
Melobesia crassa Lloyd 1860: no. 318
Published in: Lloyd, J. (1860). Algues de l'Ouest de la France. Vol. Fascicule 16 pp. 301-320. Nantes: Privately published.
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 tortuosum f. crassa (Lloyd) Hauck.
Type Information
Type locality: Ile d'Yeu (Vendée), France; (Woelkerling 1998: 370) Lectotype: collector not indicated; September 1852; PC; Lloyd (Algues de l'Ouest de la France, no. 318), Thuret-Burnet Herbarium (algal fascicle 132, filed under Goniolithon) (Woelkerling 1998: 370) Notes: Isolectotypes: PC, (Algues de l'Ouest de la France, no. 318), General Herbarium (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet affixed to a herbarium sheet); two isolectotypes are present.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), thick (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 07 August 2015
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 August 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024
