Fucus radicans L.Bergström & L.Kautsky

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

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Publication details
Fucus radicans L.Bergström & L.Kautsky in L.Bergström, A.Tatarenkov, K.Johannesson, R.B.Jönsson, & L.Kautsky 2005: 1029, figs 1a-d

Original publication: Bergström, A., Tatarenkov, A., Johannesson, K., Jonsson, R.B. & Kautsky, L. (2005). Genetic and morphological identification of Fucus radicans sp. nov. (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) in the brackish Baltic Sea. Journal of Phycology 41: 1025-1038.

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
Participle (Latin), rooting, putting forth aerial roots (Stearn 1973).

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

Type information
Type locality: Järnäs Udde, Nordmaling par., Angermanland, Sweden (Bergström et al 2005: 1029). Holotype: Lena Bergström J16; 30 August 2003; 3 m depth. Swedish Museum of Natural History (Bergström et al 2005: 1029). Notes: Paratypes: Sweden, Uppland, Oregrund, Smedjegatan; 16 June 2004, coll. L.Bergstrom IDSI; 8 July 2004, coll. L. Bergstrom 1-2 (SwedishMuseum of Natural History.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Fucus radicans L.Bergström & L.Kautsky)
Europe: Estonia (Johannesson et al. 2011), Finland (Johannesson et al. 2011), Sweden (Bergström et al 2005, Gylle et al. 2011, Johannesson et al. 2011).

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

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=radicans

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 18 November 2005 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 20 December 2010 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.)

Bergström, A., Tatarenkov, A., Johannesson, K., Jonsson, R.B. & Kautsky, L. (2005). Genetic and morphological identification of Fucus radicans sp. nov. (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) in the brackish Baltic Sea. Journal of Phycology 41: 1025-1038.
Gylle, A.M, Rantamaki, S., Ekelund, N.G.A. & Tyystjarvi, E. (2011). Fluorescence emission spectra of marine and brackish-water ecotypes of Fucus vesiculosus and Fucus radicans (Phaeophyceae) reveal differences in light-harvesting apparatus. Journal of Phycology 47(1): 98-105.
Johannesson, K., Johansson, D., Larsson, K.H., Huenchunir, C.J. Perus, J., Forslund, H., Kautsky, L. & Pereyra, R.T. (2011). Frequent clonality in fucoids (Fucus radicans and Fucus vesiculosus; Fucales, Phaeophyceae) in the Baltic Sea. Journal of Phycology 47(5): 990-998.

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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 20 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:98190