Fucus ramentaceus Linnaeus 1767
Current name:
Devaleraea ramentacea (Linnaeus) Guiry
at low water with Dulse in background. Digby
Neck Nova Scotia. - 02 June 2012. David J. Garbary
Publication Details
Fucus ramentaceus Linnaeus 1767: 718
Published in: Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus & differentiis. Tomus II. Editio duodecima, reformata. pp. 533-1327 [1328] [+ 1-36]. Homiae [Stockholm]: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii.
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 Devaleraea ramentacea (Linnaeus) Guiry.
Source of Synonymy
Guiry, M.D. (1982). Devaleraea, a new genus of the Palmariaceae (Rhodophyta) in the North Atlantic and North Pacific. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 62: 1-13.
Type Information
Type locality: [No locality given in the original publication.]; (Linnaeus 1767: 718) Lectotype: LINN; 1274.82 (Spencer & al. 2009: 250) Notes: Lectotype chosen by L.M. Irvine is the top left specimen.Type is shown at http://linnean-online.org/13612/ where it indicated that it is probable that the specimen was collected by J.D. Koenig.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 05 March 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 April 2017
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 April 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 December 2024
