Melobesia mediterranea (Foslie) Me.Lemoine 1924

Publication Details
Melobesia mediterranea (Foslie) Me.Lemoine 1924: 123

Published in: Lemoine, Mme P. [=M.] (1924). Corallinacées du Maroc. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences naturelles et physiques du Maroc 4(5/6): 113-114.

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 Lithoporella mediterranea (Foslie) W.H.Adey.

Source of Synonymy
Adey, W.H. (1970). A revision of the Foslie crustose coralline herbarium. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab Skrifter (1970)(1): 1-46, 13 figs. [in English]

Basionym
Litholepis mediterranea Foslie

Type Information
Type locality: Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrénées Orientales, France; (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 141) Holotype: Sauvageau; vi.1906; somewhat exposed place; TRH; A16-1009 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 141)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), Mediterranean Sea (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 19 July 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 21 December 2022

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Nomenclatural note
Taxon inquirendum (Furnari, pers. comm.); nothing is said in the protologue about cell connections between filaments, and the type has yet to be re-examined to determine whether cell fusions or secondary pits occur Woelkerling, pers. comm.). - (28 February 2017) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 December 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 April 2025

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