Fucus tridens Mertens ex Turner 1811

Dictyomenia tridens (Mertens ex Turner) Greville

Current name: Dictyomenia tridens (Mertens ex Turner) Greville
Map Reef, Perth, Western AustraliaJohn Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au)

Publication Details
Fucus tridens Mertens ex Turner 1811: 142-143, pl. 255

Published in: Turner, D. (1809-1811 '1811'). Fuci sive plantarum fucorum generi a botanicis ascriptarum icones descriptiones et historia. Fuci, or colored figures and descriptions of the plants referrred by botanists to the genus Fucus. Vol. III pp. [i], [1]-148 , [1-2], pl. 135-196 (col. copp. by W.J. Hooker and others). Londini [London]: typis J. M'Creery, impensis J. et A. Arch.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Fucus is Fucus vesiculosus Linnaeus.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Dictyomenia tridens (Mertens ex Turner) Greville.

Type Information
Type locality: New Holland (Western Australia); (Silva & al. 1996: 489) Holotype: Péron; BM; (Womersley 2003: 345) Notes: This type locality was first recorded by C. Agardh (1822: 373). Type from “Coast of New Holland” (Péron): probably from SE Australia ; holotype in BM, illustrated by Turner (Womersley, 2003: 345).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 04 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 09 February 2009

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 February 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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