Fucus muscoides Forsskål, nom. illeg. 1775
Publication Details
Fucus muscoides Forsskål, nom. illeg. 1775: 193
Published in: Forsskål, P. (1775). Flora Aegyptiaca-Arabica sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabium delicem detexit illustravit Petrus Forskål. Prof. Haun. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. pp. [1]-32, [i]- xxxvi, ... [1]-219, [220, err.], map. Hauniæ [Copenhagen]: ex officina Mölleri.
Request PDFType 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 Carradoriella elongata (Hudson) Savoie & G.W.Saunders.
Source of Synonymy
Savoie, A.M. & Saunders, G.W. (2018 '2019'). A molecular assessment of species diversity and generic boundaries in the red algal tribes Polysiphonieae and Streblocladieae (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) in Canada. European Journal of Phycology 54(1): 1-25.
Type Information
Constantinople, Turkey; (Forsskål 1775: 193)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), resembling a moss (Neal 1993).
Created: 30 October 2005 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 March 2019
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Nomenclatural note
Illegitimate: later homonym of Fucus muscoides Linnaeus - (18 November 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 March 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 April 2025
