Fucus axillaris J.Agardh

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Fucales
Family Fucaceae
Genus Fucus

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Publication details
Fucus axillaris J.Agardh 1868: 43, nom. illeg.

Original publication: Agardh, J.G. (1868). Bidrag till kännedomen om Spetsbergens alger. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, Nye Följd 7(8): [1]4-12, 2 pls.
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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 taxonomic synonym of Fucus vesiculosus var. volubilis Goodenough & Woodward

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), borne in the axils.

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a marine species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Fucus axillaris J.Agardh)
Europe: Portugal (De Mesquita Rodrigues 1963), Spain (Sauvageau 1897, Miranda 1931, Seoane-Camba 1965).

Africa: Morocco (Dangeard 1949).

Source of synonymy
Pérez-Ruzafa, I.M. (2001). Fucus L.. In: Flora phycologica iberica Vol. 1 Fucales. (Gómez Garreta, A. Eds) Vol.1, pp. 33-61. Murcia: Universidad de Murcia.

Key references
De Toni, G.B. (1895). Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. III. Fucoideae. Vol. 3 pp. [i]-xvi, [1]-638. Patavii [Padua]: Sumptibus auctoris.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Fucus&species=axillaris

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Fucus&Species=axillaris

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 08 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 05 September 2012 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 712 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=13949

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:111168