Melyvonnea aemulans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hapalidiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Rhodophyta Subdivisio: Rhodophytina Classis: Florideophyceae Subclassis: Corallinophycidae Ordo: Hapalidiales

Familia: Hapalidiaceae
Subfamilia: Melobesioideae
Genus: Melyvonnea
Species: Melyvonnea aemulans

Name

Melyvonnea aemulans (Foslie & M.Howe) Athanasiadis & D.L.Ballantine, 2014

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Lithothamnion fruticulosum var. aemulans Foslie & M.Howe, 1906
    • Type locality: San Juan, Puerto Rico, 28 May 1903, coll. M. A. Howe. Holotype: M.A. Howe; 28.v.1903; lying free just below low tide mark. TRH 453. Notes: Part of holotype of Lithothamnion fruticulosum var. aemulans Foslie & Howe; partly in NY.
• Homotypic
  • Lithothamnion aemulans (Foslie & M.Howe) Foslie, 1908
  • Mesophyllum aemulans (Foslie & M.Howe) W.H.Adey, 1970

References

• Athanasiadis, A. & Ballantine, D.L. 2014. The genera Melyvonnea gen. nov. and Mesophyllum s.s. (Melobesioideae, Corallinales, Rhodophyta) particularly from the central Atlantic Ocean. Nordic Journal of Botany 35: 385–436. : 394
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Melyvonnea aemulans. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 21 August 2017.