Fucus edulis S.G.Gmelin 1768
Current name:
Gracilaria edulis (S.G.Gmelin) P.C.Silva
1. Upper portion showing bifurcate tips. 2. Fragment with cystocarps. 3. Longitudinal section through cystocarp. 4. Habitat (overgrowing the lobster farm constructions at Mot Island, Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam). - 29 February 2012. Eduard and Tamara Titlyanova (etitlyanov@mail.ru)
Publication Details
Fucus edulis S.G.Gmelin 1768: 113
Published in: Gmelin, S.G. (1768). Historia fucorum. pp. [i-xii], [i]-239, [i]-6 expl. tab., 35 pls [1A, IB, IIA, IIB, III-XXXIII]. Petropoli [St. Petersburg]: Ex typographia Academiae scientiarum.
Publication date: p. xii: i Mai 1768
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 Gracilaria edulis (S.G.Gmelin) P.C.Silva.
Type Information
Type locality: 'India orientalis'; (South & Skelton 2003: 722) Notes: According to Millar & Xia (1997), the type locality is Indonesia.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 24 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 17 September 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 September 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024