Melanthalia concinna J.Agardh 1876
Publication Details
Melanthalia concinna J.Agardh 1876: 404
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.
Request PDFPublication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Melanthalia is Fucus obtusatus Labillardière.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Melanthalia fastigiata Kützing.
Type Information
Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia; (Womersley 1996: 37) Lectotype: Mueller; Herb. Agardh, LD; 28642 (Womersley 1996: 37) Notes: Lectotype designated by Womersley (1996: 37).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), beautiful, elegant, harmonious, skilfully put together (Tilmann & al. 2014).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Habitat
Essentially a deep water species on rough-water coasts (Womersley 1996: 37).
Created: 21 November 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 November 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 November 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 July 2024
