Melobesia membranacea (Esper) J.V.Lamour.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Rhode Island

• County/Municipio

  Newport Co.

• City/Township

  Newport

• Locality

  on various algae, often in company with M. pustulata

• Coordinates

  41.4901, -71.3128

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  5315

• Georeferencing Method

  GEOLocate Web Application. Used the GEOLocate Web Application to georeference to the city center.

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

LI. Hyella caespitosa b.». & fu*.
Bornet & Flahault, Jour, de Bot., p. 162, 1888 ; Bull, de la Soc.
Bot. de France, Vol. XXXVI, p. CLXV, PI. X, figs. 7 and
8 ; PI. XI, 1889.
Collins, Holden & Setchell, Phyc. Bor.-Am., No. 302, 1897.
Setchell, Erythea, Vol. VII, p. 54, 1899.
On shells of the “ Eastern Oyster ” ( Ostrea Virginiana ) at
Bay Island Farm, Alameda County, California, Oct. 6, 1898.
Probably introduced with the oysters.
W. A. SETCHELL
HI. Scytonema conchophilum Humphrey.
Humphrey in Collins, Algae of Jamaica, Proc. Amer. Acad., Vol.
XXXVII, p. 241,1901.
In shells and bones, Navy Island, Jamaica, Aug. 3, 1897.
J. E. HUMPHREY.
LIU. Protoderma marinum Remke.
Reinke, Algenflora der Westlichen Ostsee, p. 81, 1889.
Collins, Rhodora, Vol. II, p. 45, 1900.
On pebbles in shallow pools, Revere Beach, Massachusetts,
Nov. 4, 1900.
F. S. COLLINS.
LIYi Ralfsia Boritoti Kuckuck.
Kuckuck, Wissent. Meeresuntersuchungen, Neue Folge, Vol. II.
p. 245, flg. 15,1894.
Collins, Rhodora, Vol. II, p. 12, 1900.
On Lithothamnion compactum and mussel shells, Newcastle,
New Hampshire, May 13, 1900.
F. S. COLLINS.
LV. Ralfsia verrucosa (a™.*.) j. &g.
J. O. Agardh, Sp. Alg., Vol. I, p. 62, 1848.
Farlow, Proc. Amer. Acad., Vol. X, p. 358, 1875; Report of U.
S. Fish Commission for 1875, p. 708, 1876; N. E. Marine
Algae, p. 87, PI. V.,fig. 5,1881.
De Toni, Syll. Alg., Vol. HI, p. 311, 1895.
Collins, Holden & Setchell, Phyc. Bor.-Am., No. 325, 1897.
McClatchie, Proc. Southern Calif. Acad., Vol. I, p. 353, 1897.
Cruoria verrucosa, Areschoug, Linnaea, p. 264, PI. IX, figs. 5 &
6,1843.
On pebbles, Pacific Beach, California, Aug. 1901.
MRS. E. SNYDER.
LVI. Rhodochorton Rothii (£<%. Bot.) Naeg.
Naegeli, Beitr. zur Morph. & Syst. der Ceramiaceae, p. 355, 1861.
Collins, Holden & Setchell, Phyc. Bor.-Am., No. 49,1895.
Callithamnion Rothii Bailey, Amer. Jour. Sci., Vol. Ill, p. 8,1846.
Harvey, Nereis Bor.-Am., part 2, p. 242,1853.
J. G. Agardh, Sp. Alg., Vol. II, p. 17,1851 ; Vol. Ill, p. 13,1876.
Farlow. Proc. Amer. Acad., Vol. X, p. 376, 1875 ; Report of TJ.
S. Fish Commission for 1875, p. 704, 1876.
Farlow, N. E. Marine Algae, p. 121, 1881.
C. L. Anderson, Zoe, Vol. II, p. 222, 1891.
On lower surface of rocks in clefts near upper tide mark, Point
Pinos, Monterey Peninsula, California, January, 1897.
C. P. NOTT.
LVII. Peyssoooellia Dubyi crouan.
Crouan, Ann. Sei. Nat., Series 3, Vol. II, p. 368, PI. XI, B, 1844.
J. G. Agardh, Sp. Alg., Vol. II, p. 501,1851; Vol. Ill, p. 384, 1876.
C. L. Anderson, Zoe, Vol. II, p. 221, 1891.
McClatchie, Proc. Southern Calif. Acad., Vol. I, p. 356, 1897.
On rocks and pebbles below low water mark, Pacific Beach,
California, Oct. 27, 1901.
MRS. E. SNYDER.
LVIII. Melobesia Corallioae crouan.
Crouan, Florale de Finistère, p. 150, fig. 133, bis, 1867.
Collins in Owen, Plants of Nantucket, p. 87, 1888.
On Corallina officinalis, in pools, Ochre Point, Newport,
Rhode Island, May 26, 1900.
F. S. COLLINS.
LIX. Melobesia membranacea (Esper) Lamour.
Lamouroux, Hist, des Polyp. Corali., p. 315, 1816.
Areschoug in J. G. Agardh, Sp. Alg., Vol. II, p. 512, 1851, in
part.
Corallina membranacea Esper, Zoophytes. PL XTT, figs. 1-4,
according to Areschoug.
On various alg», often in company with M. pus tu lata, New-
port, Rhode Island, May 31, 1902.
F. 8. COLLINS.
0 2 3 41 0 6 8
IX Lithophyllom Farlowii Foslie.
Foslie, New Melobesiae, p. 12, 1901.
On Goniolithon Brassica - Florida, Pacific Beach, California,
Aug. 1901.
MRS. E. SNYDER.
LXI. Lithothamnion Californicum Foslie.
Foslie, Five New Calcareous Algae, p. 3, 1900.
In pools, Paoific Beach, California, Aug., 1901.
MRS. E. SNYDER.
LXII. Lithothamnion circumscriptum Stromf.
Stromfelt, Algveg. Islands, p. 20, PI. I, figs. 4-8, 1887.
On pebbles covering bottom of pools at low water mark,
Spectacle Island, Penobscot Bay, Maine, July 1899.
F. S. COLLINS.
LXIII. Lithothamnion. colliculosum fosi».
Foslie, Contrib. to Knowledge of Marine Algae of Norway, part
2, p. 8, PL III, fig. 1, 1891; Norwegian forms of Litho-
thamnion, p. 75, Pl. XVII, figs. 8-16, 1895.
On mussel shells and rocks, Penobscot Bay, Maine.
F. S. COLLINS.