Orgyia esculenta (Linnaeus) Stackhouse 1816
Current name:
Alaria esculenta (Linnaeus) Greville
Blue Lagoo, Co. Sligo, Ireland; plants on a rock platform at low water with Palmaria palmataMichael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Orgyia esculenta (Linnaeus) Stackhouse 1816: 24
Published in: Stackhouse, J. (1816). Nereis britannica Editio altera. Nova addita classificatione cryptogamiarum [sic] respectu generis Fuci. pp. [i]-xii, [i]- 68, 20 plates. Oxford: S. Collingwood.
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Orgyia.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Alaria esculenta (Linnaeus) Greville.
Source of Synonymy
Widdowson, T.B. (1972 '1971'). A taxonomic revision of the genus Alaria Greville. Syesis 4: 11-49.
Basionym
Fucus esculentus Linnaeus
Type Information
Type locality: Atlantic Ocean; (Widdowson 1971: 31) Lectotype: LINN; 1274.63 (Widdowson 1971: 31)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), edible (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 18 January 2003 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 21 June 2006
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 June 2006. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 September 2024