Fucus truncatus Pallas 1776
Current name:
Coccotylus truncatus (Pallas) M.J.Wynne & J.N.Heine
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Publication Details
Fucus truncatus Pallas 1776: 760
Published in: Pallas, P.S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adurnbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succinctas descriptiones cum selectis auctorum synonymis. pp. xxviii, 451. The Hague: Petrum van Cleef.
Request PDFPublication date: 1766
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 Coccotylus truncatus (Pallas) M.J.Wynne & J.N.Heine.
Source of Synonymy
Wynne, M.J. & Heine, J.N. (1992). Collections of marine red algae from St. Matthew and St. Lawrence Islands, the Bering Sea. Nova Hedwigia 55(3-4): 55-97.
Type Information
Type locality: "Eismeer", Eastern Siberia ; (INA 1996) Lectotype: LE; (Le Gall & Saunders 2010: 382) Notes: Dixon & Irvine (1977: 227) cite "lectotype: LE" Arctic Seas but do not indicate who it was designated the lectotype. Le Gall & Saunders (2010: 382) designate as lectotype, a specimen labeled "truncatus" in what must be Pallas's hand (shown in a copy of photographs of Pallas's collection). Le Gall & Saunders (2010: 382) write "Although Newroth (1970, p. 30; see
also Newroth and Taylor 1971) did not view the
type collection at the time he wrote his PhD dissertation,
he relays correspondence with Zinova in
which a specimen with Pallas’s handwriting is discussed
and presumably provides the basis for figure
1 in her own work (Zinova 1970, the figure
caption in Russian indicating essentially ‘‘Typical
form’’) in which the new combination Phyllophora
truncata (Pall.) Zinova is presented. Subsequently,
Newroth received two photographs of Pallas’s collection
and kindly provided us with a copy, which
shows a specimen labeled ‘‘truncatus’’ in what must
be Pallas’s hand that we designate as the lectotype
of C. truncatus."
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), truncate, i.e., ending very abruptly as if cut straing across (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 11 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 August 2017
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 December 2024
