Heteroderma subtilissimum (Foslie) Foslie 1909
Publication Details
Heteroderma subtilissimum (Foslie) Foslie 1909: 56
Published in: Foslie, M. (1909). Algologiske notiser VI. Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1909(2): 1-63.
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Heteroderma.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Melobesia subtilissima Foslie
Type Information
Type locality: W. coast of New Guinea; (INA 1996) Holotype: Growing on Corallina pilifera; L; 941.98-194 (Verheij & Woelkerling 1992: 287) Notes: Reef (INA). From Papua (Chamberlain 1983: 312). Holotype fragment in TRH (TRH A16-1012; Woelkering et al. 2005: 141).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very fine.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 11 February 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 February 2019
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Taxonomic note
Chamberlain (1983: 312) notes that Setchell & Mason (1943) designated H. subtilissima (Foslie) Foslie as the type species, without actually seeing a specimen and that examination of the type specimen shows it to be a minute Pneophyllum. - (12 October 2010) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 February 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 April 2025
