Prolifera rubens Stackhouse 1809
Current name:
Phycodrys rubens (Linnaeus) Batters
Finavarra, Co. Clare, Ireland; drift - 08 August 2004. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Prolifera rubens Stackhouse 1809: 77
Published in: Stackhouse, J. (1809). Tentamen marino-cryptogamicum, ordinem novum; in genera et species distributum, in Classe XXIVta Linnaei sistens. Mémoires de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 2: [50]-97.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Prolifera is Prolifera rivularis (Linnaeus) Vaucher.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Phycodrys rubens (Linnaeus) Batters.
Basionym
Fucus rubens Linnaeus
Type Information
Type locality: unlocalised ("in Oceano"); (Athanasiadis 1996: 114) Holotype: undated; L; 910.128.1044 Notes: Dixon, 1964, fig. 1
Origin of Species Name
Participle (Latin), reddish (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 August 2017
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024
