Fucus luetkeanus K.Mertens
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Subclass Fucophycidae
Order Fucales
Family Fucaceae
Genus Fucus
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Nereocystis leutkeana wrack (three individuals whod grown on a stalked tunicate) on Bradys Beach, Bamfield, B.C.. 24 Oct 2014. Bridgette Clarkston. © 2014 Bridgette Clarkston.
Nereocystis leutkeana wrack (three individuals whod grown on a stalked tunicate) on Bradys Beach, Bamfield, B.C.. 24 Oct 2014. Bridgette Clarkston. © 2014 Bridgette Clarkston.
Nereocystis leutkeana wrack (three individuals whod grown on a stalked tunicate) on Bradys Beach, Bamfield, B.C.. 24 Oct 2014. Bridgette Clarkston. © 2014 Bridgette Clarkston.
Close up of transition between pneumatocyst and blade on Nereocystis leutkeana. Bamfield, B.C.. 24 Oct 2014. Bridgette Clarkston. © 2014 Bridgette Clarkston.
Nereocystis leutkeana wrack washed ashore at high tide on Bradys Beach, Bamfield, B.C.. 24 Oct 2014. Bridgette Clarkston. © 2014 Bridgette Clarkston.
Northern California. 08 Mar 2011. Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org). © Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org).
Northern California. 08 Mar 2011. Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org). © Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org).
Northern California. 08 Mar 2011. Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org). © Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org).
Northern California. 08 Mar 2011. Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org). © Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org).
From Postels & Ruprecht, Illustrationes algarum, showing naval cadets collecting seaweeds in North America. Nereocystis is on lower right. 26 Mar 2009. © Out of copyright.
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Nereocystis luetkeana (K.Mertens) Postels & Ruprecht Bamfield, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada; base of fronds
© Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication details
Fucus luetkeanus K.Mertens 1829: 48 (as 'lütkeanus' )
Published in: Mertens, [K.H.] (1829). Zwei botanisch-wissenshaftliche Berichte vom Dr. Heinrich Mertens. Erster Bericht über verschiedene Fucus-Arten, an den Vater, Prof. Mertens in Bremen. Linnaea 4: 43-58. Download PDF
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 Nereocystis luetkeana (K.Mertens) Postels & Ruprecht
Eponomy
Named for Fjodor Petrowitsch Lütke, Russian naval officer and commander of the corvette Seniavin during the Russian expedition of 1826-1829 to North America..
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Type information
Type locality: Norfolksund [Sitka, Alaska]
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Source of current name
Postels, A. & Ruprecht, F. (1840). Illustrationes algarum in itinere circum orbem jussu imperatoris Nicolai I. Atque auspiciis navarchi Friderici Lütke annis 1826, 1827, 1828 et 1829 celoce Seniavin exsecuto in Oceano pacifico, inprimis septemtrionale ad littora rossica asiatico-americana collectarum. pp. [i-vi ], [i]- iv, 1-28 [1-2, index], [Latin:] [-iv], [1]-22, [1-2, index], 40 pls. Petropoli [St. Petersburg]: Typis Eduardi Pratz.
Created: 07 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 20 August 2008 by M.D. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2019.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 February 2019.