Pterosiphonia fruticulosa (Wulfen) Batten 1931
Current name:
Vertebrata fruticulosa (Wulfen) Kuntze
Finavarra, Co. Clare, Ireland - 23 July 2009. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Pterosiphonia fruticulosa (Wulfen) Batten 1931: 354
Published in: Newton, L. (1931). A handbook of the British seaweeds. pp. [i]-xiii, 1-478, 270 figs. London: The Trustees of the British Museum, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, S.W.7.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pterosiphonia is Pterosiphonia cloiophylla (C.Agardh) Falkenberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Vertebrata fruticulosa (Wulfen) Kuntze.
Basionym
Fucus fruticulosus Wulfen
Type Information
Type locality: Trieste [Tergestum], Adriatic; (Díaz-Tapia & al. 2017: table 3) Lectotype: Wulfen (1789, pl. 16, fig. 1) (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 363)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), small and shrubby.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 03 April 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 16 November 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 November 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024