Dumontia contorta (S.G.Gmelin) Ruprecht 1850

Publication Details
Dumontia contorta (S.G.Gmelin) Ruprecht 1850: 103

Published in: 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.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Dumontia is Dumontia incrassata (O.F.Müller) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Fucus contortus S.G.Gmelin

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.

Description
Soft, pale yellowish to purple fronds, solitary or tufted from discoid base, tubular, cylindrical or compressed, irregularly branched, to 500 mm long, filled with a watery mucilage. Axis and branches tapered at both ends, irregularly swollen, often twisted, to 5 mm or more broad. Basal disc to 20 mm diam., persistent, erect fronds initiated internally.

Habitat
On rock and pebbles, shallow open pools, upper intertidal to shallow subtidal, common, widely distributed.

Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 February 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 February 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024

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