Fucus gelatinus Esper 1800
Publication Details
Fucus gelatinus Esper 1800: 188 [148 in error], pl. CI [101]: figs 1-7
Published in: Esper, E.J.C. (1800). Icones fucorum cum characteribus systematicis, synonimis (sic) auctorum et descriptionibus novarum specierum. Abbildungen der Tange mit beygefügten systematischen Kennzeichen, Anführungen der Schriftsteller, und Beschribungen der neuen Gattungen. Vol. Erster Theil. Part 4 pp. 167-217, Plates LXXXVIII-CXI. Nürnberg: Raspe.
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 Betaphycus gelatinus (Esper) Doty ex P.C.Silva.
Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C., Basson, P.W. & Moe, R.L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: [i]-xiv, 1-1259.
Type Information
Type locality: Not specified [" in den ostindischen Meeren, und vorzüglich an den Küsten von China" (INA)]; (Silva & al. 1996: 325) Lectotype: HGB; (Doty 1988: 188) Notes: Doty (1995: 243) notes that the type material for this species appears to be from an abundance of frond fragments found in the Esper collections housed in the Herbarium of Institut Allgemeine Botanik, Hamburg, Gemany (HGB). A fragment (numbered 34697) in the Agardh Hebarium at the University of Lund, Sweden (LD), appears to have come from thiis Esper collection. Physically, these fragments are poorly preserved but they are accepted as isolectotypes. The specimen illustrated by Doty (1988, fig. 23A) is in the Hamburg herbarium and was selected as the lectotype and the LD specimen is an isolectotype. [HBG fide Doty in Abbott (ed.) Taxon. Econ. Seaweeds 5: 243, 1995 (INA)].
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 19 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 September 2020
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 September 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 November 2024
