Melanthalia vieillardii

Melanthalia vieillardii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gracilariales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Rhodophyta Subdivisio: Rhodophytina Classis: Florideophyceae Subclassis: Rhodymeniophycidae Ordo: Gracilariales

Familia: Gracilariaceae
Genus: Melanthalia
Species: Melanthalia vieillardii

Name

Melanthalia vieillardii Kützing, 1863

• Type locality: New Caledonia.
• Holotype: Vieillard # 2041; L 941,149-80 (barcode L 0056017)

• Named for Eugène Vieillard (1819-1896)

included in Melanthalia obtusata by Millar & Prud'homme van Reine (2005), but distinct species by Nelson et al. (2013).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Melanthalia fastigiata Kützing, 1869

References

• Kützing, F.T. 1863. Diagnosen und Bemerkungen zu drei und siebenzig neun Algenspecies. Zu der öffentlichen Prüfung sämmtlicher Klassen der Realschule zu Nordhausen. pp. [1]–19. Nordhausen: Realschule zu Nordhausen. Reference page. : 17
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2018. Melanthalia vieillardii. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 8 March 2018.

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