Hapalidiaceae
Melobesia leptura Foslie , legitimate, scientific
Foslie, M. (1906), Algologiske notiser. II. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskaberne Selskabs Skrifter 1906 (2): 16-17 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: Ny Seland: Island Bay (Setchell, nr. 6028, 6052 a og 6105 a delvis).
Woelkerling, W.J. (1993), Type collections of Corallinales (Rhodophyta) in the Foslie Herbarium (TRH). Gunneria 67: - [secondary reference]
  • Type specimen: LECTOTYPE: Trondheim: Setchell #6105a
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: The coralline algal catalogue of TRH lists this algae as being 'ex herb. Le Jolis, Australia, Port Phillip'. See also Wilks & Woelkerling (1991) Phycologia 30:528.
  • AMANI dist.: Victoria (Flindersian). World: New Zealand.