Fucus clavellosus Lightfoot ex Turner 1802
Current name:
Lomentaria clavellosa (Lightfoot ex Turner) Gaillon
Black Head, Co. Clare, Ireland; vegetative apices - 28 April 2006. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Fucus clavellosus Lightfoot ex Turner 1802: 133, pl. X [10]: figs 1-3
Published in: Turner, D. (1802). Descriptions of four new species of Fucus. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 6: 125-136, pls VIII-X.
Request PDFType 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 Lomentaria clavellosa (Lightfoot ex Turner) Gaillon.
Type Information
Syntype localities: Habitat apud Bancaster in Norfolcia: inter rejectaments maris apud Yarmouth frequens [Bancaster and Yarmouth, Norfolk, England]; (Turner 1802: 133)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 19 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 August 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024
