Orgyia esculenta (Linnaeus) Stackhouse 1816

Alaria esculenta (Linnaeus) Greville

Current name: Alaria esculenta (Linnaeus) Greville
Alaria esculenta Clougher Strand, Co. Kerry, Ireland - 11 August 2010. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Orgyia esculenta (Linnaeus) Stackhouse 1816: 24

Published in: Stackhouse, J. (1816). Nereis britannica Editio altera. Nova addita classificatione cryptogamiarum [sic] respectu generis Fuci. pp. [i]-xii, [i]- 68, 20 plates. Oxford: S. Collingwood.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Orgyia.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Alaria esculenta (Linnaeus) Greville.

Basionym
Fucus esculentus Linnaeus

Type Information
Type locality: Atlantic Ocean; (Widdowson 1971: 31) Lectotype: LINN; 1274.63 (Widdowson 1971: 31)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), edible (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 18 January 2003 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 21 June 2006

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 June 2006. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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