Bellotia eriophorum Harvey 1855

Publication Details
Bellotia eriophorum Harvey 1855: 332

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Short characters of some new genera and species of algae discovered on the coast of the colony of Victoria, Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 2 15: 332-336, Plate VIII.C.

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Publication date: May 1855

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Bellotia.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: Port Phillip Heads, Victoria; (Womersley 1987: 289) Type: Herb. Harvey, TCD; (Womersley 1987: 289) Notes: Holotype collected by W.H. Harvey in 1855.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), wool-bearing.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 16 November 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 January 2020

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Nomenclatural note
Binomial was also validly published in Montagne, C.R. Acad. Sci., Paris, 40: 802, 1855. - (19 August 2008) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 January 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 March 2025

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