Bifurcaria rotunda (Hudson) Papenfuss 1950
Current name:
Polyides rotunda (Hudson) Gaillon
habit, Costa da Morte, Galicia, Spain, 2009Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Bifurcaria rotunda (Hudson) Papenfuss 1950: 184
Published in: Papenfuss, G.F. (1950). Review of the genera of algae described by Stackhouse. Hydrobiologia 2(3): 181-208.
Request PDFPublication date: 15 Feb 1950
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Bifurcaria is Bifurcaria tuberculata Stackhouse.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Polyides rotunda (Hudson) Gaillon.
Source of Synonymy
Gaillon, B. (1828). Résumé méthodique des classifications des Thalassiophytes. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, édition 2 [F. Cuvier] 53: 350-406, 3 tables.
Basionym
Fucus rotundus Hudson
Type Information
Type locality: "prope S. Ives" [St Ives, Cornwall, England]; (Hudson 1762: 471) Lectotype (designated by ? Hudson’s description based on herb. Sherard 1906, OXF): (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 179) Notes: See also Drew (1958, pl. 61).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), almost circular, with length breadth ratio of about 6 to 5 (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 08 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 August 2017
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Nomenclatural note
Name only. - (02 August 2017) - M.D. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 April 2025
