Melobesia simulans P.Crouan & H.Crouan 1867

Publication Details
Melobesia simulans P.Crouan & H.Crouan 1867: 149

Published in: Crouan, P.L. & Crouan, H.M. (1867). Florule du Finistère contenant les descriptions de 360 espèces nouvelles de sporogames, de nombreuses observations et une synonymic des plantes cellulaires et vasculaires qui croissent spontanément dans ce département, accompagnées de trente-deux planches où est représentée l'organographie, faite sur l'état vif, des fruits et des tissus de 198 genres d'algues avec la plante grandeur naturelle ou réduite plus une planche supplémentaire où sont figures 24 champignons nouveaux. pp. [i]-x, [1]-262, frontisp., pi. 1-31, + 1 suppl. pl., coloured liths. by H. Crouan. Paris & Brest: Friedrich Klincksieck & J.B. et A. Lefournier.

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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 Titanoderma pustulatum (J.V.Lamouroux) Nägeli.

Type Information
Type locality: Rade de Brest, France; (Woelkerling 1998: 379) Lectotype: collector not indicated; date not indicated; CO; unnumbered; designated by Chamberlain, 1991: 34, 40 (Woelkerling 1998: 379) Notes: Isolectotypes: PC, unnumbered, General Herbarium (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet affixed to a herbarium sheet); PC, unnumbered, Thuret-Bornet Herbarium (algal fascicle 130, filed under Melobesia hapalidioides); CO, unnumbered (see Chamberlain, 1991: 40).

Origin of Species Name
Participle B (Latin), imitating, resembling (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 20 July 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 12 August 2015

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 August 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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