Mesophyllum floridanum (Foslie) W.H.Adey ex M.J.Wynne 1986
Publication Details
Mesophyllum floridanum (Foslie) W.H.Adey ex M.J.Wynne 1986: 2242, 2257
Published in: Wynne, M.J. (1986). A checklist of benthic marine algae of the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic. Canadian Journal of Botany 64: 2239-2281.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Mesophyllum is Mesophyllum lichenoides (J.Ellis) Me.Lemoine.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lithothamnion floridanum Foslie.
Basionym
Lithothamnion floridanum Foslie
Type Information
Type locality: Florida, USA; (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 454) Holotype: J.G.F. Wurdemann; date not indicated; no habitat data on type; TRH; C16-3258, Farlow XXV, includes slides 3 and 499 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 454) Notes: Holotype fragment: PC, unnumbered, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym). Athanasiadis & Ballantine (2014: Appendix I: 6, 13, 14) designate the "holotype" in TRH reported by Woelkerling et al. (2005: 454) as lectotype.
Origin of Species Name
(Latin), of or from the state of Florida (Dawes & Mathieson 2008)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 17 June 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 November 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 November 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024