Mesophyllum aemulans (Foslie & M.Howe) W.H.Adey 1970
Publication Details
Mesophyllum aemulans (Foslie & M.Howe) W.H.Adey 1970: 22
Published in: 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]
Request PDFPublication date: October 1970
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 Melyvonnea aemulans (Foslie & M.Howe) Athanasiadis & D.L.Ballantine.
Source of Synonymy
Athanasiadis, A. & Ballantine, D.L. (2014). The genera Melyvonnea gen. nov. and Mesophyllum s.s. (Melobesioideae, Corallinales, Rhodophyta) particularly from the central Atlantic Ocean. Nordic Journal of Botany 35: 385-436.
Basionym
Lithothamnion aemulans (Foslie & M.Howe) Foslie
Origin of Species Name
Participle B (Latin), rivalling, more or less equalling (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 17 June 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 September 2014
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 September 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 December 2024
