Fucus selaginoides Linnaeus 1759

Publication Details
Fucus selaginoides Linnaeus 1759: 1345

Published in: Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Editio decima revisa. Vol. 2 pp. 825-1384. Holmiae [Stockholm]: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Fucus is Fucus vesiculosus Linnaeus.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ericaria selaginoides (Linnaeus) Molinari & Guiry.

Source of Synonymy
Molinari-Novoa, E.A. & Guiry, M.D. (2020). Reinstatement of the genera Gongolaria Boehmer and Ericaria Stackhouse (Sargassaceae, Phaeophyceae). Notulae Algarum 172: 1-10, 2 figures.

Type Information
Type locality: [Unknown, probaly NE Atlantic]; (Linnaeus 1759: 1345) Lectotype (designated by Roberts 1968): LINN; 1274.12 (Molinari & Guiry 2020: 7, 8) Notes: Robserts (1968: 256) effectively lectotypified this name: "In the Linnaean Herbarium there are two sheets (1274: 12, 13) labelled F. selaginoides, possibly in the handwriting of Solander (Savage, 1945: 200). Of these, Sheet 12 is undoubtedly the type of Linnaeus’s species as it has ‘D’ written on it by Linnaeus, the letter which he assigned to the new species F. selaginoides in the Systema Naturae, edition 10 (p. 1345; 1767b: 134)."

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 11 July 2000 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 November 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 November 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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