Melobesia mamillaris Harvey 1849

Publication Details
Melobesia mamillaris Harvey 1849: 109 (bottom left: figs 1-4)

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1849). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic regions; deposited in the Herbarium of the Dublin University. [Part 2]. pp. 65-124 [ends abruptly], pls XXVI-L. London: Reeve Brothers.

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Publication date: "before November 1849"

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 Neogoniolithon mamillare (Harvey) Setchell & L.R.Mason.

Source of Synonymy
Setchell, W.A. & Mason, L.R. (1943). Goniolithon and Neogoniolithon: two genera of crustaceous coralline algae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 29: 87-92.

Type Information
Syntype localities: Bahia, Brazil; Tierra del Fuego; Ilhas do Cabo Verde; Algoa Bay, Cape Province, South Africa; (Silva & al. 1996: 263) Notes: Type: not designated (see Woelkerling 1993: 144); TRH has two syntypes (A11-544, A11-545).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 27 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 14 June 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 June 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 January 2025

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