Rhodomela lycopodioides (Linnaeus) C.Agardh
Publication details
Rhodomela lycopodioides (Linnaeus) C.Agardh 1822: 377
Original publication: Agardh, C.A. (1822). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Volumen primum pars posterior. pp. [v-vi], 169-398. Lundae [Lund]: ex officina Berlingiana.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Rhodomela is Rhodomela subfusca (Woodward) C.Agardh.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Fucus lycopodioides Linnaeus
Type information
Type locality: Scotland (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 295). Lectotype: LINN 1274.20 (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 295).
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), resembling the genus Lycopodium.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Fucus lycopodioides Linnaeus 1767
Furcellaria lycopodioides (Linnaeus) C.Agardh 1817
Gigartina lycopodioides (Linnaeus) Lyngbye 1819
Rhodomela subfusca f. lycopodioides (Linnaeus) Gobi 1878
Rhodomela confervoides f. lycopodioides (Linnaeus) Rueness 1977
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Rhodomela lycopodioides var. laxa Kjellman
Conferva squarrosa Oeder 1767
Rhodomela cladostephus (J.Agardh) J.Agardh 1868
Aphanarthron cladostephus J.Agardh 1868
Rhodomela lycopodioides f. cladostephus (J.Agardh) Kjellman 1875
Rhodomela lycopodioides f. flagellaris Kjellman 1883
Rhodomela lycopodioides f. setacea Kjellman 1883
General environment
This is a marine species.
Common names
(as Rhodomela lycopodioides (Linnaeus) C.Agardh)
English: Straggly Tail Weed (Bunker et al. 2010).
Distribution by country
Point data for Ireland and Britain
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(as Rhodomela lycopodioides var. laxa Kjellman)
Europe: Britain (Newton 1931).
(as Fucus lycopodioides Linnaeus)
Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Price, John & Lawson 1986).
(as Rhodomela lycopodioides (Linnaeus) C.Agardh)
Arctic: Canada (Arctic) (Lee 1980).
Ireland: Antrim (Guiry 1978, Morton 1994), Cork (Guiry 1978), Derry (Guiry 1978, Morton 1994), Donegal (Guiry 1978, Morton 2003), Down (Guiry 1978, Morton 1994), Dublin (Guiry 1978).
Europe: Britain (Newton 1931, Maggs & Hommersand 1993, Hardy & Guiry 2003), Faroe Islands (Irvine 1982, Nielsen & Gunnarsson 2001), France (Dizerbo & Herpe 2007, Anon. 2012), Ireland (Newton 1931, Guiry 1978, Maggs & Hommersand 1993, Morton 1994, Guiry 2012), Norway (Rueness 1997), Scandinavia (Athanasiadis 1996), Spain (Cires Rodriguez & Cuesta Moliner 2010), Spitsbergen (Vinogradova 1995).
Atlantic Islands: E. Greenland (Lund 1959, Pedersen 1976), Greenland (Pedersen 2011), Iceland (Caram & Jónsson 1972).
North America: Alaska (Lindstrom 1977, Scagel et al. 1989), British Columbia (Scagel et al. 1989).
Asia: Korea (Lee & Kang 2001, Nam & Kang 2012).
Key references
Kjellman, F.R. (1889). Om Beringhafvets algflora. Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 23(8): 1-58, pls I-VII.
Maggs, C.A. & Hommersand, M.H. (1993). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1. Rhodophyta. Part 3A. Ceramiales. pp. [i]-xv, 1-444, 129 figs, map. London: HMSO.
Nam, K.W. & Kang, P.J. (2012). Algal flora of Korea. Volume 4, Number 4. Rhodophyta: Ceramiales: Rhodomelaceae: 18 genera including Herposiphonia. pp. [1-6], 1-178, figs 1-102. Incheon: National Institute of Biological Resources.
Pedersen, P.M. (2011). Grønlands havalger. pp. [1] 7-208. Copenhagen: Forlaget Epsilon.DK.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Rhodomela&species=lycopodioides
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=Rhodomela&Species=lycopodioides
Created: 17 May 1996 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 08 October 2012 by M.D. Guiry
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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Masuda, M. & Shimizu, T. (1980). Taxonomic notes on Rhodomela lycopodioides Ag. f. tenuissima (Rupr.) Kjellm. (Rhodophyta). Japanese Journal of Phycology 28: 241-248.
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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:77008
