Laminaria digitata (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux 1813
Current name:
Laminaria digitata (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux
Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, England; plants at low water; 16-mm lens - 02 July 2002. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Laminaria digitata (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux 1813: 42
Published in: Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1813). Essai sur les genres de la famille des Thalassiophytes non articulées. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 20: 21-47, 115-139, 267-293, plates 7-13.
Request PDFPublication date: 1813
Type Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Laminaria.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Fucus digitatus Hudson
Type Information
Type locality: Habitat in rupibus marinis [Dwells on marine rocks, England]; (Hudson 1762: 475)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), digitate, with leaflets radiating from tip of leaf-stalk (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 29 August 2017 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 04 November 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 November 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024
