Fucus anomalus Pallas 1766

Publication Details
Fucus anomalus Pallas 1766: 199, pl. XIV, figs 24, 24*

Published in: Pallas, P.S. (1766). Miscellanea zoologica quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. pp. xii, 224, 14 plates. The Hague: Petrum van Cleef.

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Publication date: 1766

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 Sporochnus anomalus (Pallas) M.J.Wynne.

Source of Synonymy
Wynne, M.J. (2003). Sporochnus anomalus (Pallas) comb. nov. (Sporochnales, Phaeophyceae), the oldest available name for Sporochnus gaertnera C. Agardh. Cryptogamie Algologie 24: 75-81.

Type Information
not given; (INA 1996) Type: pl. XIV: fig. 24, 24* (fide M.J. Wynne, 2003: 78): (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), deviating from the normal or unusual (Stearn 1992).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 07 April 2004 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 31 March 2023

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024

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