Laminaria nigripes J.Agardh

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Laminariales
Family Laminariaceae
Genus Laminaria

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Publication details
Laminaria nigripes J.Agardh 1868: 29

Original publication: Agardh, J.G. (1868). Bidrag till kännedomen om Spetsbergens alger. Tilläg till föregående afhandling. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, Nye Följd 7(8): [27] 28-49, pl. III.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Laminaria is Laminaria digitata (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Laminaria atrofulva J.Agardh 1872
Laminaria nigripes f. oblonga Kjellman 1883
Laminaria nigripes f. reniformis Kjellman 1883
Laminaria nigripes var. atrofulva (J.Agardh) Rosenvinge 1893
Laminaria nigripes var. longipes (Kjellman) Rosenvinge 1893

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Type locality: Spitsbergen (Athanasiadis 1996: 214). Type: LD?

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Laminaria nigripes J.Agardh)
Arctic: Canada (Arctic) (Taylor 1957, Lee 1980).

Europe: Scandinavia (Athanasiadis 1996), Spitsbergen (Vinogradova 1995).

Atlantic Islands: E. Greenland (Pedersen 1976), Greenland (Pedersen 2011), Iceland (Caram & Jónsson 1972).

North America: Labrador (Taylor 1957), Quebec (Taylor 1957).

Taxonomic notes
Taxon inquirendum (Furnari, pers. comm.). Some authors (e.g. South & Tittle 1986: 30) have treared it as a synonym of Laminaria digitata, whilst others (e.g. Rueness 1977: 170) treat it as a separate entity. See Athanasiadis (2006: 493) for further information.

Key references
Kjellman, F.R. (1889). Om Beringhafvets algflora. Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 23(8): 1-58, pls I-VII.

Pedersen, P.M. (2011). Grønlands havalger. pp. [1] 7-208. Copenhagen: Forlaget Epsilon.DK.

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

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=Laminaria&Species=nigripes

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 22 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 28 May 2012 by Michael Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1812 times since it was created.

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Citing AlgaeBase
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Michael 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: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:69127