Sporochnus aculeatus (Linnaeus) C.Agardh 1817

Publication Details
Sporochnus aculeatus (Linnaeus) C.Agardh 1817: 10

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1817). Synopsis algarum Scandinaviae, adjecta dispositione universali algarum. pp. [i]-xl, [1]-135. Lundae [Lund]: Ex officina Berlingiana.

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Publication date: Mai-Dec 1817 (p. vii: i Mai 1817)

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sporochnus is Sporochnus pedunculatus (Hudson) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Desmarestia aculeata (Linnaeus) J.V.Lamouroux.

Source of Synonymy
Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1813). Essai sur les genres de la famille des Thalassiophytes non articulées. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 20: 21-47, 115-139, 267-293, plates 7-13.

Basionym
Fucus aculeatus Linnaeus

Type Information
Type locality: between England and France; (Silva & al. 1996: 901)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), prickly, spine-like (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 03 October 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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