Fosliella borealis (Foslie) Athanasiadis 1996

Publication Details
Fosliella borealis (Foslie) Athanasiadis 1996: 51

Published in: Athanasiadis, A. (1996). Taxonomisk litteratur och biogeografi av Skandinaviska rödalger och brunalger. pp. 1-280, 1 map. Göteborg: Algologia.

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.

Source of Synonymy
Chamberlain, Y.M. (1994). Mastophoroideae Setchell. In: Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1. Rhodophyta. Part 2B. Corallinales, Hildenbrandiales. (Irvine, L.M. & Chamberlain, Y.M. Eds), pp. 113-158. London: HMSO.

Basionym
Melobesia farinosa f. borealis Foslie

Type Information
Lectotype locality: Roundstone, Co. Galway, Ireland; (Foslie 1905: 96) Lectotype: M.H. Foslie; 18 April 1899; “"sample a"” on Gigartina [Mastocarpus stellatus].; TRH; A15-884 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 125) Notes: Chamberlain (1994: 116) records selecting a lectotype in TRH. Syntypes from Sweden (Koster), Denmark (Nyköbing Mors), and Norway (Hvalöerne).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), north, northern (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 10 May 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 28 February 2019

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 February 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024

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