Caulacanthus ustulatus (Turner) Kützing 1843
Current name:
Caulacanthus ustulatus (Turner) Kützing
Boulders, Simon's Town, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; clumps in mid-intertidal with barnacles - 22 September 2005. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Caulacanthus ustulatus (Turner) Kützing 1843: 395
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.
Publication date: 14-16 Sep 1843
Type Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Caulacanthus.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Fucus acicularis var. ustulatus Turner
Type Information
Lectotype locality: Cádiz, Spain; (Silva & al. 1996: 282) Type: Clemente; BM-K; (Athanasiadis 1996: 60) Notes: This type locality was first recorded by Searles (1968: 46, pl. 10a) who selected Cádiz as the type locality. Turner reported seeing specimens from Clemente (Cádiz) and the Mediterranean (Dr Mohr)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 July 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 November 2023
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024