Monostroma fuscum Wittrock
Publication details
Monostroma fuscum Wittrock 1866: 53
Original publication: Wittrock, V.B. (1866). Försök till en Monographie öfver Algslägtet Monostroma. pp. 1-66, IV plates, folded scheme [= 14 figs]. Stockholm: Akademisk Afhandling.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Monostroma is Monostroma bullosum (Roth) Thuret.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Ulvaria splendens (Ruprecht) Vinogradova
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), a sombre brown, but often used to indicate darkness of colour (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Common names
(as Monostroma fuscum Wittrock)
Japanese: Kuro-hitoegusa (Tokida 1954).
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Monostroma fuscum Wittrock)
Ireland: Antrim (Hanna 1902, Adams 1907, Guiry 1978), Cork (Guiry 1978), Donegal (Guiry 1978), Down (Guiry 1978).
Europe: Britain (Batters 1902, Newton 1931), Faroe Islands (Irvine 1982), France (Dizerbo & Herpe 2007), Ireland (Guiry 1978), Spain (Margalef 1950a), Sweden (Kylin 1907, Kylin 1949).
North America: Alaska (Lindstrom 1977), British Columbia (Scagel 1957), Washington (Scagel 1957).
South America: Chile (Ramírez & Santelices 1991).
Asia: Japan (Okamura 1936).
Nomenclatural notes
The avowed basionym, Ulva fusca Postels & Ruprecht is illegitimate, and Monostroma fuscum is here treated as a new name. - (11 Aug 2009) - M.D. Guiry
Source of synonymy
Vinogradova, K.L. (1967). De genere Ulvaria (Ulvales) in maribus URSS invento. Novitates Systematicae Plantarum Non Vascularium 1967: 110-121.
Key references
Dube, M.A. (1967). On the life history of Monostroma fuscum (Postels et Ruprecht) Wittrock. Journal of Phycology 3: 64-73.
Kjellman, F.R. (1889). Om Beringhafvets algflora. Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 23(8): 1-58, pls I-VII.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Monostroma&species=fuscum
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=Monostroma&Species=fuscum
Created: 22 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 28 May 2012 by Michael Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 517 times since it was created.
References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Dube, M.A. (1967). On the life history of Monostroma fuscum (Postels et Ruprecht) Wittrock. Journal of Phycology 3: 64-73.
Tatewaki, M. (1963). The life history of Monostroma fuscum var. splendens. Botanical Magazine, Tokyo 76: 381-387.
Tocher, R.D. & Craigie, J.S. (1966). Enzymes of marine algae II. Isolation and identification of 3-hydroxytyramine as the phenolase substrate in Monostroma fuscum. Canadian Journal of Botany 44: 605-608.
Tocher, R.D. & Meusse, B.J.D. (1966). Enzymes of marine algae I. Studies on phenolase in the green alga, Monostroma fuscum. Canadian Journal of Botany 44: 551-561.
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
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 25 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:108793
