Fuscaria variabilis Stackhouse 1809
Publication Details
Fuscaria variabilis Stackhouse 1809: 93
Published in: Stackhouse, J. (1809). Tentamen marino-cryptogamicum, ordinem novum; in genera et species distributum, in Classe XXIVta Linnaei sistens. Mémoires de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 2: [50]-97.
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Fuscaria.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rhodomela confervoides (Hudson) P.C.Silva.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), variable (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 20 January 2011 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 January 2011
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Nomenclatural note
The supposed basionym, Fucus variabilis Goodenough & Woodward, is an illegitimate name. - (20 January 2011) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 January 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 April 2025
