Furcellaria rotunda (Hudson) Lyngbye 1819

Publication Details
Furcellaria rotunda (Hudson) Lyngbye 1819: 49

Published in: Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Furcellaria is Furcellaria lumbricalis (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Polyides rotunda (Hudson) Gaillon.

Basionym
Fucus rotundus Hudson

Type Information
Type locality: St Ives, Cornwall, England; (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 179) Lectotype: Hudson’s description based on herb. Sherard 1906, OXF (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 179) Notes: See also Drew (1958, pl. 61).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), almost circular, with length breadth ratio of about 6 to 5 (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 20 May 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 02 August 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024

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