Fucus rubens Linnaeus 1753
Current name:
Phycodrys rubens (Linnaeus) Batters
Spiddal, Co. Galway, IrelandMichael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Fucus rubens Linnaeus 1753: 1162
Published in: Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol. 2 pp. [i], 561-1200, [1-30, index], [i, err.]. Holmiae [Stockholm]: Impensis Laurentii Salvii.
Publication date: 1 May 1753
Original description: 
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 Phycodrys rubens (Linnaeus) Batters.
Source of Synonymy
Batters, E.A.L. (1902). A catalogue of the British marine algae being a list of all the species of seaweeds known to occur on the shores of the British Islands, with the localities where they are found. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 40(Supplement): 1-107.
Type Information
Type locality: unlocalised ("in Oceano"); (Athanasiadis 1996: 114) Holotype: undated; L; 910.128.1044 Notes: Dixon, 1964, fig. 1
Origin of Species Name
Participle (Latin), reddish (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 19 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 30 March 2012
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 March 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024
