Fucus floccosus Esper 1802

Odonthalia floccosa (Esper) Falkenberg

Current name: Odonthalia floccosa (Esper) Falkenberg
Northern California - 09 March 2011. Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org)

Publication Details
Fucus floccosus Esper 1802: 42, pl. CXXX: figs 1, 2

Published in: Esper, E.J.C. (1802). Icones fucorum cum characteribus systematicis, synonimis (sic) auctorum et descriptionibus novarum specierum. Abbildungen der Tange mit beygefügten systematischen Kennzeichen, Anführungen der Schriftsteller, und Beschribungen der neuen Gattungen. Zweyter Theil. Part 1. pp. [1]-53 [sic], pls CXII-CXXXV. Nürnberg: Raspe.

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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 Odonthalia floccosa (Esper) Falkenberg.

Type Information
Type locality: Trinidad, Humboldt Co., California, U.S.A.; (Silva 1979: 330) Notes: Original description has "Nootkasund".

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), woolly.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 07 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 14 June 2008

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 June 2008. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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