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Fucus platycarpus Thuret, nom. illeg. 1851

Publication Details
Fucus platycarpus Thuret, nom. illeg. 1851: 9, pl. II [2]

Published in: Thuret, G. (1851). Recherches sur les zoospores des algues et les anthéridies des cryptogames. Suite. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Botanique 16: 5-39, pls. I-XV.

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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 synonym of Fucus macroguiryi Almeida, E.A.Serrão & G.A.Pearson.

Source of Synonymy
Almeida, S.C., Neiva, J., Sousa, F., Martin, N., Cox, C.J., Melo-Ferreira, J., Guiry, M.D., Serrão, E.A. & Pearson, G.A. (2022). A low-latitude species pump: Peripheral isolation, parapatric speciation and mating-system evolution converge in a marine radiation. Molecular Ecology 31: [1-21] 4797–4817, 7 figs.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 14 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 09 August 2022

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Nomenclatural note
Illegitimate: later homonym of Fucus platycarpus Turner, 1809 (= Botryoglossum platycarpum (Turner) Kützing) - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 August 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 June 2025