Fucus spiralis f. limitaneus (Montagne) Miranda 1931
Current name:
Fucus limitaneus (Montagne) Montagne
Fucus spiralis var. limitaneus, upper intertidal, North Spain, 2011Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Fucus spiralis f. limitaneus (Montagne) Miranda 1931: 35 (as 'var. platycarpus f. limitaneus')
Published in: Miranda, F. (1931). Sobre las algas y cianofíceas del Cantábrico especialmente de Gijón. Trabajos Museo Nacional Ciencias Naturales. Serie Botánica 25: 1-106.
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 Fucus limitaneus (Montagne) Montagne.
Source of Synonymy
Almeida, S.C., Neiva, J., Sousa, F., Martin, N., Cox, C.J., Melo-Ferreira, J., Guiry, M.D., Serrão, E.A. & Pearson, G.A. (2022). A low-latitude species pump: Peripheral isolation, parapatric speciation and mating-system evolution converge in a marine radiation. Molecular Ecology 31: [1-21] 4797–4817, 7 figs.
Basionym
Fucus vesiculosus var. limitaneus Montagne
Type Information
Type locality: "HAB. Ad rupes maritimas Canariae rarissimus." [Canary Islands]; (Montagne 1840: 139) Lectotype (designated by Almeida & al. 2022: [7]): PC; 0044470 (Almeida & al. 2022: [7])
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), spiral (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 26 February 2006 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 09 August 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 August 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024