Fucus pusillus Stackhouse 1795

Current name: Gelidium pusillum (Stackhouse) Le Jolis
Salthill, Co. Galway, Ireland; vertical artificial surface at HWM - 07 October 2013. M.D. Guiry

Publication Details
Fucus pusillus Stackhouse 1795: 16, pl. 6

Published in: Stackhouse, J. (1795). Nereis britannica; continens species omnes fucorum in insulis britannicis crescentium: descriptione latine et anglico, necnon iconibus ad vivum depictis... Fasc. 1. pp. i-viii, 1-30, pls I-VIII. Bathoniae [Bath] & Londini [London]: S. Hazard; J. White.

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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 Gelidium pusillum (Stackhouse) Le Jolis.

Type Information
Type locality: Sidmouth, Devon, England; (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 129) Lectotype (provisional): BM; (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 139)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very small (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 30 June 2014

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Nomenclatural note
Santelices (1988) and Xia et al. (2002) cite 1801 as the publication date for this species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 June 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 April 2025