Fucus serrulatus Forsskål 1775

Publication Details
Fucus serrulatus Forsskål 1775: 189

Published in: Forsskål, P. (1775). Flora Aegyptiaca-Arabica sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabium delicem detexit illustravit Petrus Forskål. Prof. Haun. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. pp. [1]-32, [i]- xxxvi, ... [1]-219, [220, err.], map. Hauniæ [Copenhagen]: ex officina Mölleri.

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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 Caulerpa serrulata (Forsskål) J.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1837). Novae species algarum, quas in itinere ad oras maris rubri collegit Eduardus Rüppell; cum observationibus nonnullis in species rariores antea cognitas. Museum Senckenbergianum 2: 169-174.

Type Information
Type locality: Mokha, Yemen; (Silva & al. 1996: 841) Type: P. Forsskål; C (presumably); (under Fucus laminosus) (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 66)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), somewhat saw-toothed.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 09 May 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 30 December 2020

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 December 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024

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