Melobesia crassiuscula Kützing 1843
Publication Details
Melobesia crassiuscula Kützing 1843: 386
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 14-16 Sep 1843
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 Amphithallia crassiuscula (Kützing) Athanasiadis.
Source of Synonymy
Athanasiadis, A. (2019). Amphithallia, a genus with four-celled carpogonial branches and connecting
filaments in the Corallinales (Rhodophyta). Marine Biology Research 15(1): 13-25, 6 figs, 1 table.
Type Information
Type locality: "Cap. — An Gelidium cartilagineum." [Cape of Good Hope, South Africa]; (Kützing 1843: 386) Holotype: collector not indicated; date not indicated; L; 939.6-146 (Woelkerling 1998: 370) Notes: Athanasiadis (2019: [2]) attempted to designated a lectotype from "herbarium sheet L4081310 (barcode L0491448) placed in folder BE.1847238 (and also including three slides deposited here) [in L]. The lectotype is a gametophyte attached to G[elidium] capense (S. Gmelin) P.C. Silva, from the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, no date, no collector (herb. Kützing)." However, in accordance with Art. 8.2, sheet L4081310 represents a single gathering and is automatically the holotype as indicated by Woelkerling (1998: 370). Holotype fragments: PC, unnumbered, Montagne Herbarium (in the bound volume Types d'Algues recues de Monsieur Kützing de Nordhausen en Juin 1846).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 01 August 2005 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 May 2019
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 May 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 January 2025
