Fucus crassipes Mertens ex Turner 1809
Current name:
Stephanocystis crassipes (Mertens ex Turner) Draisma, Ballesteros, F.Rousseau & T.Thibaut
Peter the Great Bay, Russia - 28 March 2012. Oksana Belous (ksu_bio@mail.ru)
Publication Details
Fucus crassipes Mertens ex Turner 1809: 154, pl. 131
Published in: Turner, D. (1809-1811 '1811'). Fuci sive plantarum fucorum generi a botanicis ascriptarum icones descriptiones et historia. Fuci, or colored figures and descriptions of the plants referrred by botanists to the genus Fucus. Vol. III pp. [i], [1]-148 , [1-2], pl. 135-196 (col. copp. by W.J. Hooker and others). Londini [London]: typis J. M'Creery, impensis J. et A. Arch.
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 Stephanocystis crassipes (Mertens ex Turner) Draisma, Ballesteros, F.Rousseau & T.Thibaut.
Source of Synonymy
Draisma, S.G.A., Ballesteros, E., Rousseau, F. & Thibaut, T. (2010). DNA sequence data demonstrate the polyphyly of the genus Cystoseira and other Sargassaceae genera (Phaeophyceae). Journal of Phycology 46(6): 1329-1345.
Type Information
Type locality: Sea near Japan; (INA 1996) Type: BM; Notes: Collector: Dr. Horner (INA).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 July 2011
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 July 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 November 2024
