Fucus subfarcinatus Mertens 1819

Publication Details
Fucus subfarcinatus Mertens 1819: 184 (as 'Subfarcinatus M, Mspt.')

Published in: Mertens, H. (1819). Mémoire sur plusieurs espèces de Fucus, nouvelles ou peu connues, observées dans la collection du Muséum. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle [Paris] 5: 172-190, pls 13-15.

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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 Cystophora subfarcinata (Mertens) J.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1848). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen Primum. Algas fucoideas complectens. pp. [i-vi], [i]-viii, [1]-363. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.

Type Information
Type locality: "Patria, Terra van Diemen." [Tasmania]; (Mertens 1819: 184) Type: LD; herb. alg. Agardh (fragments) (Womersley 1987: 400)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 24 September 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 February 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 May 2025

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