Fosliella farinosa f. callithamnioides (Falkenberg) Y.M.Chamberlain 1983
Publication Details
Fosliella farinosa f. callithamnioides (Falkenberg) Y.M.Chamberlain 1983: 351
Published in: Chamberlain, Y.M. (1983). Studies in the Corallinaceae with special reference to Fosliella and Pneophyllum in the British Isles. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Botany 11: 291–463, 89 figures.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Fosliella is Fosliella farinosa (J.V.Lamouroux) M.Howe.
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 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 24 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 February 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024