Fucus filamentosus Wulfen 1803
Current name:
Spyridia filamentosa (Wulfen) Harvey
microscope, Frioul, Marseille, France, 2011Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Fucus filamentosus Wulfen 1803: 64, no fig.
Published in: Wulfen, F.X. (1803). Cryptogama aquatica. Archives de Botanique 3: 1-64, pl. 1.
Request PDFType 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 Spyridia filamentosa (Wulfen) Harvey.
Source of Synonymy
Harvey, W.H. (1833). Div. I. Inarticulatae. Div. II. Confervoideae; Div. III. Gloiocladeae. In: The English Flora of Sir James Edward Smith. Class XXIV. Cryptogamia. Vol. V. (or Vol. II of Dr. Hooker's British flora). Part I. Comprising the Mosses, Hepaticae, Lichens, Characeae and Algae. (Hooker, W.J. Eds), pp. 259-262, 264-401. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Paternoster-Row.
Type Information
Type locality: "Supra submarina Adriatici corpora." [Adriatic Sea]; (Wulfen 1803: 64) Type: Vienna?; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 136)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), filamentous (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 05 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 16 November 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 November 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 April 2025
