Melobesia galapagensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Hapalidiaceae
Subfamilia: Melobesioideae
Genus: Melobesia
Species: Melobesia galapagensis

Name

Melobesia galapagensis (Foslie) W.R.Taylor, 1945

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Lithothamnion galapagense Foslie, 1907
    • Type locality: Wenman Island, Galapagos [more generally known as Wolf Island]. Holotype: Snodgrass & Heller; xii.1888; no habitat data on type. TRH B1-1621.
• Homotypic
  • Epilithon galapaganse (Foslie) Foslie,

References

• Taylor, W.R. 1945. Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands. Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 12: i–iv, 1–528, 3 figs, 100 pls. Online BHL Hathitrust Reference page. : 176
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Melobesia galapagensis. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 22 August 2017.