Fucus coccineus Hudson

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

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Publication details
Fucus coccineus Hudson 1778: 586, nom. illeg.

Original publication: Hudson, [W.] (1778). Flora anglica; exhibens plantas per regnum britanniac sponte crescentes...editio altera, emendata et aucta. Vol. II. pp. [i], 335-690. Londini [London]: impensis auctoris: prostant venales apud J. Nourse [...].
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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 Plocamium cartilagineum (Linnaeus) P.S.Dixon

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), deep red, from scarlet to carmine and crimson (Stearn 1973).

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

General environment
This is a marine species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Fucus coccineus Hudson)
Ireland: Wexford (Tighe 1803).

Europe: Ireland (Tighe 1803), Spain (Roxas Clemente y Rubio 1807).

Source of synonymy
Cremades, J., Barreiro, R., Maneiro, I. & Saunders, G.W. (2011). A new taxonomic interpretation of the type of Plocamium cartilagineum (Plocamiales, Florideophyceae) and its consequences. European Journal of Phycology 46(2): 125-142.

Key references
Saunders, G.W. & Lehmkuhl, K.V. (2005). Molecular divergence and morphological diversity among four cryptic species of Plocamium (Plocamiales, Florideophyceae) in northern Europe. European Journal of Phycology 40: 293-312.

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

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=coccineus

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 08 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 29 June 2011 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 996 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=13990

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Wendy 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 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.