Fucus vesiculosus var. vadorum Areschoug

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

• Taxonomy
• References
• Submit Feedback
• Submit Reference
• Links
• Genbank
• Index Nominum Algarum
• Google
• Biodiversity Heritage Library

Publication details
Fucus vesiculosus var. vadorum Areschoug 1868: 102

Original publication: Areschoug, J.E. (1868). Slägtena Fucus (L.) Decaisne et Thuret och Pycnophycus Kütz. hemte tillhörande arter. Botaniska Notiser 3: 99-115.

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Fucus is Fucus vesiculosus Linnaeus.

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

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), covered with little bladders or blisters (Stearn 1973).

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

General environment
This is a marine species.

Common names

(as Fucus vesiculosus var. vadorum Areschoug)
English: Bladder wrack (Anonymous 1978).

Gaeilge: Barrchonlach (Anonymous 1978).

Type information
Syntype localities: “Österjön’ fran Rosalagen söderut till Skane och vidare längs halfons vestra kust ända upp til Vardöe i Finnmarken (Areschoug 1868: 102).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Fucus vesiculosus var. vadorum Areschoug)
Ireland: Mayo (Cotton 1912).

Europe: Britain (Newton 1931), Ireland (Cotton 1912), Spain (Gorostiaga et al., 2004).

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

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=vesiculosus

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 02 April 1999 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 15 May 2012 by Michael Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1505 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=18097

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 19 May 2013.

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