Fucus confervoides var. gracilis (Stackhouse) Turner 1802
Current name:
Gracilaria gracilis (Stackhouse) Steentoft, L.M.Irvine & Farnham
Finavarra, Co. Clare, Ireland; pools at MLWN - 12 August 2002. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Fucus confervoides var. gracilis (Stackhouse) Turner 1802
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 Gracilaria gracilis (Stackhouse) Steentoft, L.M.Irvine & Farnham.
Basionym
Fucus gracilis Stackhouse
Type Information
Type locality: "Padstow, Cornwall, and elsewhere", England; (Athanasiadis 1996: 63) Type: Stackhouse; BM; Notes: This type locality was first recorded as a lectotype without provenance by Steentoft, L.Irvine & Farnham (1995: 115, fig. 1) (Silva et al., 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Compound (Latin), resembling the genus Conferva.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 28 September 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 September 2004
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 September 2004. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 November 2024
