Melobesia calcarea (Pallas) Harvey 1849

Publication Details
Melobesia calcarea (Pallas) Harvey 1849: 108

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1849). A manual of the British marine algae: containing generic and specific descriptions of all the known British species of sea-weeds. With plates to illustrate all the genera. pp. [i]-lii, [1]-252, 27 pls. London: John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row.

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Publication date: Jul-Dec 1849

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 Phymatolithon calcareum (Pallas) W.H.Adey & D.L.McKibbin ex Woelkering & L.M.Irvine.

Source of Synonymy
Woelkerling, W.J. & Irvine, L.M. (1986). The typification and status of Phymatolithon (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta). British Phycological Journal 21: 55-80, 18 figs.

Basionym
Millepora calcarea Pallas

Type Information
Neotype locality: Falmouth Harbour, Cornwall, England; (Chamberlain & Irvine 1994: 212) Neotype: W.F. Farnham; 11.xii.1983; subtidal; BM; Box 1626 (Chamberlain & Irvine 1994: 212) Notes: Chamberlain & Irvine (1994) recommend consulting Woelkerling & Irvine (1986a: figs 1,15) for more information on the neotype of this species. Isoneotypes: BM, LTB

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), chalky, limy (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 22 July 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 October 2017

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Nomenclatural note
Athanasiadis (2016: 241) lists Harvey "1846: xxiii" as the first apearance of this name. However, p. xxxii of Phycologia britannica was published after 30 July 1851. INA gives "Ner. austr." 101 as the origin of the name. Neres australis has not been definitively dated but appears "before Nov. 1849" [TL-2]. Harvey's Manual, ed. 2 also has not been deinitively dated but appeared around October 1849 [TL-2]. - (02 October 2017) - M.D. Guiry

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