Fucus caprinus Gunnerus 1766

Publication Details
Fucus caprinus Gunnerus 1766: 96

Published in: Gunnerus, J.E. (1766). Flora norvegica, observationibus praesertim oeconomicis panosque norvegici locupletata. Vol. 1 pp. [i]-viii, 1-96, [4], 3 pls. Nidrosia [Trondheim] & Hafnia [Copenhagen]: Vinding & F.C. Pelt.

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 Polyides rotunda (Hudson) Gaillon.

Type Information
Lectotype locality: [Unknown location][icon in] "Kongel. Norske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. (Copenhagen) 4: t. 7. 1768"; (Jørgensen 2012: 1091) Epitype: TRH; Specimen 311.1 (without further data) in herb. Gunnerus (Jørgensen 2012: 1091) Notes: "Gunnerus did not refer to any specimen, but to an illustration to be published in “Acta Nidros.” (Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter) IV (1768) (there inscribed Fucus furcellatus), which I here designate as lectotype. I also designate a specimen (311.1) in his herbarium, without any data, as epitype (the same specimen that Drew, 1958 regarded as the holotype)." (Jørgensen 2012: 1091).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 08 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 05 April 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 April 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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