Fucus tetragonus Goodenough & Woodward

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

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Publication details
Fucus tetragonus Goodenough & Woodward 1797: 103, 140, nom. illeg.

Original publication: Goodenough, S. & Woodward, T.J. (1797). Observations on the British Fuci, with particular descriptions of each species. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 3: 84-235, Plates 16-19.
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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), four-angled (Stearn 1973).

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

General environment
This is a marine species.

Nomenclatural notes
Illegitimate: the name is superfluous as the authors cite Fucus fimbriatus S.G. Gmelin as a synonym.

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

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=tetragonus

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 02 January 2010 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 377 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=43489

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 May 2013.

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