Delesseria filicina J.V.Lamouroux 1813

Current name: Grateloupia filicina (J.V.Lamouroux) C.Agardh
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Publication Details
Delesseria filicina J.V.Lamouroux 1813: 125

Published in: Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1813). Essai sur les genres de la famille des Thalassiophytes non articulées. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 20: 21-47, 115-139, 267-293, plates 7-13.

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Publication date: 1813

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Delesseria is Delesseria sanguinea (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Grateloupia filicina (J.V.Lamouroux) C.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
Agardh, C.A. (1822). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Volumen primum pars posterior. pp. [v-vi], 169-398. Lundae [Lund]: ex officina Berlingiana.

Type Information
Type locality: Trieste, Italy; (De Clerck et al. 2005: 392) Notes: The type is that of the replaced name, Fucus filicinus Wulfen, nom. illeg., from the Adriatic.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), fern-like (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 25 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 August 2021

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Nomenclatural note
Replaced name: Fucus filicinus Wulfen 1791 nom. illeg., non F. filicinus Hudson 1762 [= Gelidium corneum (Hudson) J.V. Lamouroux]. Fucus filicinus Wulfen was described by Wulfen (in Jacquin 1791: 157, pl. 15: fig. 2) from Trieste (Italy). - (03 October 2014) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 August 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 April 2025