Fucus contortus S.G.Gmelin 1768
Current name:
Dumontia contorta (S.G.Gmelin) Ruprecht
Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; young plants on limpets in mid-tide pools - 14 April 2007. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Fucus contortus S.G.Gmelin 1768: 181, pl. 22: fig. 1
Published in: Gmelin, S.G. (1768). Historia fucorum. pp. [i-xii], [i]-239, [i]-6 expl. tab., 35 pls [1A, IB, IIA, IIB, III-XXXIII]. Petropoli [St. Petersburg]: Ex typographia Academiae scientiarum.
Request PDFPublication date: p. xii: i Mai 1768
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 Dumontia contorta (S.G.Gmelin) Ruprecht.
Source of Synonymy
Ruprecht, F.J. (1850). Algae ochotenses. Die ersten sicheren Nachrichten über die Tange des Ochotskischen Meeres. pp. 1-243, 10 pls. St. Petersburg: Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Type Information
Type locality: "Ad litus Scheuelingense prope Hagam comium e mari reiectum Cel. Pallas" [Scheveningen, The Netherlands]; (Gmelin 1768: 181) Lectotype (Illustration in Gmelin pl. 22: fig. 1), designated by Abbott 1979: 564): (Abbott 1979: 564)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), contorted, literally, ‘powerful, vehement, involved’. (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 25 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 07 October 2023
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 October 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024
