Nereocystis luetkeana (K.Mertens) Postels & Ruprecht 1840
Current name:
Nereocystis luetkeana (K.Mertens) Postels & Ruprecht
Otter Crest, Oregon, USA; zoosporangial sorus showing white dehiscence line - 15 June 2003. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Nereocystis luetkeana (K.Mertens) Postels & Ruprecht 1840: 9, pls VIII, IX
Published in: Postels, A. & Ruprecht, F. (1840). Illustrationes algarum in itinere circum orbem jussu imperatoris Nicolai I. Atque auspiciis navarchi Friderici Lütke annis 1826, 1827, 1828 et 1829 celoce Seniavin exsecuto in Oceano pacifico, inprimis septemtrionale ad littora rossica asiatico-americana collectarum. pp. [i-vi ], [i]- iv, 1-28 [1-2, index], [Latin:] [-iv], [1]-22, [1-2, index], 40 pls. Petropoli [St. Petersburg]: Typis Eduardi Pratz.
Publication date: Nov-Dec 1840 [TL-2]
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Nereocystis.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Fucus luetkeanus K.Mertens
Type Information
Type locality: Norfolksund [Sitka, Alaska];
Eponomy
Named for Fjodor Petrowitsch Lütke, Russian naval officer and commander of the corvette Seniavin during the Russian expedition of 1826-1829 to North America..
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 December 2011
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 December 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 November 2024