Melobesia fertilis Me.Lemoine 1930
Publication Details
Melobesia fertilis Me.Lemoine 1930: 49-50, fig. 12, pl. I: fig. 5
Published in: Lemoine, Mme P. [M.] (1929). Les Corallinacées de l'Archipel des Galapagos et du Golfe de Panama. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle [Paris], Sixième Série 4: 37-88, 35 figs, IV pls.
Request PDFPublication date: "Ce volume a été publié en Décembre 1929"
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 Fosliella fertilis (Me.Lemoine) Segonzac.
Type Information
Type locality: Station 2, Coiba Island, Gulf of Panama, Pacific Oceania; (Woelkerling 1998: 371) Holotype: C. Crossland; date not indicated but material forms part of the St George Expedition 1923-1924; BM; algal box collection 1768 (Woelkerling 1998: 371) Notes: Holotype fragments: PC, unnumbered, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed under non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 20 June 2001 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 01 September 2014
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Citing AlgaeBase
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Paul Gabrielson in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 September 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 December 2024
