Prolifera rubens Stackhouse 1809

Publication Details
Prolifera rubens Stackhouse 1809: 77

Published in: Stackhouse, J. (1809). Tentamen marino-cryptogamicum, ordinem novum; in genera et species distributum, in Classe XXIVta Linnaei sistens. Mémoires de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 2: [50]-97.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Prolifera is Prolifera rivularis (Linnaeus) Vaucher.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Phycodrys rubens (Linnaeus) Batters.

Source of Synonymy
Batters, E.A.L. (1902). A catalogue of the British marine algae being a list of all the species of seaweeds known to occur on the shores of the British Islands, with the localities where they are found. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 40(Supplement): 1-107.

Basionym
Fucus rubens Linnaeus

Type Information
Type locality: unlocalised ("in Oceano"); (Athanasiadis 1996: 114) Holotype: undated; L; 910.128.1044 Notes: Dixon, 1964, fig. 1

Origin of Species Name
Participle (Latin), reddish (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 August 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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