Scytosiphon ramentaceus (Linnaeus) Lyngbye 1819

Publication Details
Scytosiphon ramentaceus (Linnaeus) Lyngbye 1819: 61

Published in: Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Scytosiphon is Scytosiphon filum var. lomentarius (Lyngbye) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Devaleraea ramentacea (Linnaeus) Guiry.

Basionym
Fucus ramentaceus Linnaeus

Type Information
Type locality: [No locality given in the original publication.]; (Linnaeus 1767: 718) Lectotype: LINN; 1274.82 (Spencer & al. 2009: 250) Notes: Lectotype chosen by L.M. Irvine is the top left specimen.Type is shown at http://linnean-online.org/13612/ where it indicated that it is probable that the specimen was collected by J.D. Koenig.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 20 May 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 03 April 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 April 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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