Fucus thunbergii Mertens ex Roth

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

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Publication details
Fucus thunbergii Mertens ex Roth 1800: 104, pl. III

Original publication: Roth, A.W. (1800). Catalecta botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur. Fasc. 2. pp. [i-x], [i]-258, [1-2, add.], [1-2 index icon.], [1-5, index, 6-7 err., 8 note], IX pls. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: lo. Fr. Gledischianoj.
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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 taxonomic synonym of Sargassum thunbergii (Mertens ex Roth) Kuntze

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

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Syntype localities: “e Chinae et Iaponiae maribus attulit Ill. Thunberg”

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Fucus thunbergii Mertens ex Roth)
Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Price, John & Lawson 1978).

Source of synonymy
Kuntze, O. (1880). Revision von Sargassum und das sogennante Sargasso-Meer. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 1: 191-239, Plates I, II.

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

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=thunbergii

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 December 1999 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 11 October 2012 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 546 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.)

Agardh, C.A. (1815). Anmärkningar om Fucus Thunbergii och beskrifning af en ny dermed nårslågtad art. Kungliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar 1815: 102-107, pl. IV A.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=21667

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. 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 18 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:112833