Melobesia confervicola (Kützing) Foslie 1900

Publication Details
Melobesia confervicola (Kützing) Foslie 1900: 6 (as 'confevicolum')

Published in: Foslie, M. (1900). Remarks on Melobesiae in Herbarium Crouan. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1899(7): 1-16.

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Publication date: between 1.i.1900 and 25.vi.1900

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 Pneophyllum confervicola (Kützing) Y.M.Chamberlain.

Source of Synonymy
Chamberlain, Y.M. (1983). Studies in the Corallinaceae with special reference to Fosliella and Pneophyllum in the British Isles. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Botany 11: 291–463, 89 figures.

Basionym
Phyllactidium confervicola Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: Trieste, Italy; (Silva & al. 1996: 267) Holotype: on Conferva vasta; L; 941.156-120 (Chamberlain 1994: 137)

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), based upon the old generic name Conferva & the Latin, colo (I inhabit).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 March 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 November 2024

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