Ascophyllum mackayi (Turner) Holmes & Batters 1892

Publication Details
Ascophyllum mackayi (Turner) Holmes & Batters 1892: 128

Published in: Holmes, E.M. & Batters, E.A.L. (1890). A revised list of the British marine algae. Annals of Botany 5: 63-107.

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Publication date: Dec 1890

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ascophyllum is Ascophylla laevigata Stackhouse.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ascophyllum nodosum f. mackayi (Turner) A.C.Mathieson & Dawes.

Source of Synonymy
Mathieson, A.C. & Dawes, C.J. (2017). Seaweeds of the Northwest Atlantic. pp. [i]-x, 1-798, 109 pls. Amherst & Boston: University of Massachusetts Press.

Basionym
Fucus mackayi Turner

Type Information
Type locality: Connemara, Galway, Ireland; (Athanasiadis 1996: 228) Type: BM?; Notes: A more precise locality is unkown. Connemara comprises much of the western part of County Galway (M.D. Guiry, 25 January 2003).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 28 September 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 27 July 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 July 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 December 2024

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