Fucus spiralis var. limitaneus (Montagne) Pérez-Ruzafa 2001

Publication Details
Fucus spiralis var. limitaneus (Montagne) Pérez-Ruzafa 2001: 44, fig. 9b

Published in: Gómez Garreta, A. (2001). Flora phycologica iberica Vol. 1 Fucales. Vol. 1 pp. 1-192. Murcia: Universidad de Murcia.

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: 07 March 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

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 12 December 2024

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