Fucus serratus Linnaeus

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Subkingdom Chromobiota
Infrakingdom Heterokonta
Phylum Heterokontophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Fucales
Family Fucaceae
Genus Fucus

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Muigh Inis, Co. Galway, Ireland; with receptacles. 13 Apr 2006. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.

Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; mature, reproductive plants. 24 Sep 2006. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.

Silver Strand, Co. Galway, Ireland; fisheye lens; receptacles. 01 Sep 2007. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.

Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; plants on rocks in the mid-intertidal. 29 Sep 2007. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.

Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; mid-intertidal. 29 Sep 2007. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.

Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; beds at low water; 10.5-mm lens. 30 Sep 2007. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.

Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; receptacles with conceptacles. 30 Sep 2007. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.

Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; receptacles. 30 Sep 2007. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.

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Fucus serratus Linnaeus Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; receptacles

Publication details
Fucus serratus Linnaeus 1753: 1158

Original publication: Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol. 2 pp. [i], 561-1200, [1-30, index], [i, err.]. Holmiae [Stockholm]: Impensis Laurentii Salvii.
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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), serrated, saw-edged with teeth pointing forwards (Stearn 1973).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Virsodes serratum (Linnaeus) Kuntze 1891

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Fucus serratus var. lacinatus Greville
Fucus serratus var. latifolius Turner 1809
Fucus serratus var. integer Turner 1809
Fucus serratus var. angustifolius Stackhouse 1816
Fucus serratus var. integerrimus C.Agardh 1820
Fucus serratus var. arcticus J.Agardh 1868
Fucus serratus f. arcticus (J.Agardh) Kjellman 1880
Fucus serratus f. abbreviatus Kjellman 1883
Fucus serratus f. angustus Kjellman 1883
Fucus serratus f. grandifrons Kjellman 1883
Fucus serratus f. elongatus Kjellman 1890
Fucus serratus f. laciniatus Kjellman 1890

General environment
This is a Marine species.

Common names

(as Fucus serratus Linnaeus)
English: Toothed Wrack (Dickinson 1963).

Type information
Type locality: “Oceano” (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 902). Type: LINN?

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Fucus serratus var. lacinatus Greville)
Europe: Britain (Newton 1931).

(as Fucus serratus Linnaeus)
Ireland: Antrim (Hanna 1899, Adams 1907, Guiry 1978, Morton 1994), Clare (Guiry 1978, De Valéra et al. 1979), Cork (Renouf 1931, Cullinane 1971, Cullinane, McCarthy & Fletcher 1975, Guiry 1978), Derry (Guiry 1978, Morton 1994), Donegal (Guiry 1978, Morton 2003), Down (Morton 1974, Guiry 1978, Morton 1994, Boaden 1995), Dublin (Anonymous 1818, Guiry 1978), Galway (Guiry 1978), Kerry (Cullinane 1969, Guiry 1978), Leitrim (Cullinane 1970, Guiry 1978), Limerick (Guiry 1978), Louth (Synnott 1969, Guiry 1978), Mayo (Cotton 1912, Guiry 1978), Sligo (Cullinane 1970), Waterford (Guiry 1978), Wexford (Tighe 1803, Cotton 1913, Parkes & Scannell 1969, Norton 1970, Guiry 1978), Wicklow (Guiry 1978).

Europe: Baltic Sea (Nielsen et al. 1995), Britain (Newton 1931, Hardy & Guiry 2003, Holmes and Brodie 2005, Pearson et al 2006), Channel Islands (Chapman & Chapman 1980), Denmark (Larsen & Sand-Jensen 2006, Coyer et al 2006, Wernberg 2006), Faroes (Nielsen & Gunnarsson 2001 , Coyer et al 2006), France (Feldmann 1954, Coppejans 1995, Dizerbo & Herpe 2007, Loiseaux-de Goër & Noailles 2008), Helgoland (Bartsch & Kuhlenkamp 2000), Iceland (Coyer et al 2006 ), Ireland (Adams 1907, Cotton 1912, Cotton 1913, Newton 1931, Cullinane 1969, Cullinane 1971, Guiry 1978, De Valéra et al. 1979, Morton 1994), Netherlands (Stegenga & Mol 1983), Norway (Rueness 1997, Steen 2003, Coyer et al 2006), Portugal (De Mesquita Rodrigues 1963, Ardré 1970, Araujo et al. 2009, Araújo, Bárbara & Sousa-Pinto in press), Scandinavia (Athanasiadis 1996), Spain (Miranda 1931, Miranda 1943, Anadón 1983, Granja, Cremades & Barbara 1992, Bárbara & Cremades 1996, Veiga Villar 1999, Peña & Bárbara 2002, Bárbara et al. 2005, Lobón et al. 2008, Astudillo & Viejo 2009), Spitsbergen (Vinogradova 1995), Sweden (Kylin 1907, Kylin 1947, Tolstoy & Österlund 2003).

Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (John et al. 2004 ).

North America: Maritime Provinces (Taylor 1957 ).

(as Fucus serratus var. latifolius Turner)
Europe: Britain (Newton 1931).

(as Fucus serratus var. integer Turner)
Europe: Britain (Newton 1931).

(as Fucus serratus var. angustifolius Stackhouse)
Ireland: Mayo (Cotton 1912).

Europe: Britain (Newton 1931), Ireland (Cotton 1912).

(as Fucus serratus f. abbreviatus Kjellman)
Ireland: Down (Morton 1994).

Europe: Ireland (Morton 1994).

Key references
Brawley, S.H., Coyer, J.A., Blakeslee, A.M., Hoarau G., Johnson, L.E., Byers, J.E., Stam, W.T., & Olsen J.L. (2009). Historical invasions of the intertidal zone of Atlantic North America associated with distinctive patterns of trade and emigration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106: 8239-8244.

Braune, W. (2008). Meeresalgen. Ein Farbbildführer zu den verbreiteten benthischen Grün- Braun- und Rotalgen der Weltmeere. pp. [1]-596, 266 pls. Ruggell: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag.

Loiseaux-de Goër, S. & Noailles, M.-C. (2008). Algues de Roscoff. pp. [1]-215, col. figs. Roscoff: Editions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff.

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
As of 2 June 2009, nucleotide sequence data are available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank for 7,727 samples identified as Fucus serratus.

Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 22 August 2009 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 10998 times since it was created.

References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

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Astudillo, M.C. & Viejo, R.M. (2009). Recent changes in the distribution of Fucus serratus: effects on assemblages on rocky coast in the northern Spain. Algas, Bol. Soc. Esp. Ficología 42: 14.
Berkaloff, C. & Rousseau, B. (1979). Ultrastructure of male gametogenesis in Fucus serratus (Phaeophyceae). Journal of Phycology 15: 163-173, 29 figs.
Berkaloff, C., Duval, J.C., Hauswirth, N. & Rousseau, B. (1983). Freeze fracture study of thylakoids of Fucus serratus. Journal of Phycology 19: 96-100, 4 figs.
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Bolwell, G.P., Callow, J.A., Callow, M.E. & Evans, L.V. (1979). Fertilization in brown algae. II. Evidence for lectin-sensitive complementary receptors involved in gamete recognition in Fucus serratus. J. Cell Sci. 36: 19-30.
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Chapman, A.S. & Fletcher, R.L. (2002). Differential effects of sediments on survival and growth of Fucus serratus embryos (Fucales, Phaeophyceae). Journal of Phycology 38: 894-903.
Coyer, J.A., Hoarou, G., Skage, M., Stam, W.T. & Olsen, J.L. (2006). Origin of Fucus serratus (Heterokontophyta: Fucaceae) populations in Iceland and the Faroes: a microsatellite-based assessment. European Journal of Phycology 41: 235-246.
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Green, J.R., Stafford, C.J., Wright, P.J. & Callow, J.A. (1992). Analysis of Fucus serratus gamete surfaces and vagetative tissue using monoclonal antibodies. British Phycological Journal 27: 90.
Haglund, K., Ramazanov, Z., Mtolera, M. & Pedersén, M. (1992). Role of external carbonic anhydrase in light dependant ankalisation by Fucus serratus L. and Laminaria saccharina (L.) Lamour. (Phaeophyta). Planta 188: 1-6.
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Keen, J.N. & Evans, L.V. (1986). Partial amino-acid sequence of the small subunit of Rubisco from the brown alga Fucus serratus. British Phycological Journal 21: 331-332.
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Kremer, B.P. (1975). Physiological and chemical characteristics of different thallus regions of Fucus serratus. Helgoländer Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 27: 115-127.
Liem, P.Q. & Laur, M.H. (1976). Teneur, composition et répartition cytologique des lipides polaires soufrés et phosphorés de Pelvetia canaliculata (L.), Decn. et Thur., Fucus vesiculosis (L.) et Fucus serratus (L.). Phycologia 15: 367-376, 3 tables.
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Stafford, C.J., Green, J.R. & Callow, J.A. (1991). Characterization of plasma membranes from Fucus serratus eggs. British Phycological Journal 26: 97.
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