Melyvonnea madagascariensis (Foslie) Athanasiadis & D.L.Ballantine 2014
Publication Details
Melyvonnea madagascariensis (Foslie) Athanasiadis & D.L.Ballantine 2014: 416
Published in: 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.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Melyvonnea is Melyvonnea canariensis (Foslie) Athanasiadis & D.L.Ballantine.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Lithothamnion erubescens f. madagascarense Foslie
Type Information
Type locality: [Fort Dauphin] Madagascar; (Woelkerling 1998: 343) Holotype: Ferlus; date not indicated; no habitat data on type; PC; unnumbered, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym) (Woelkerling 1998: 343) Notes: Holotype fragment: TRH, C15-3240, includes slide 689, ex Mus. d'hist. Nat. Paris [PC].
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 14 September 2014 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 February 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 January 2025
