Fistularia nodosa (Linnaeus) Stackhouse 1816
Current name:
Ascophyllum nodosum (Linnaeus) Le Jolis
Claddagh, Galway, Ireland; fertile plants with receptacles borne terminally on lateral branches - 27 January 2008. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Fistularia nodosa (Linnaeus) Stackhouse 1816: xi
Published in: Stackhouse, J. (1816). Nereis britannica Editio altera. Nova addita classificatione cryptogamiarum [sic] respectu generis Fuci. pp. [i]-xii, [i]- 68, 20 pls. Oxonii [Oxford]: excudebat S. Collingwood.
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Fistularia.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ascophyllum nodosum (Linnaeus) Le Jolis.
Basionym
Fucus nodosus Linnaeus
Type Information
Type locality: Habitat in Mari Atlantico [Atlantic Ocean]; (Linnaeus 1753: 1159) Notes: On-line view of an unlocalised specimen LINN 1274.58 in the Linnean Herbarium labelled "9" as in the protologue. Athanasiadis (1996: 217) indicated that no type has been designated.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), knotted, knobbly (Stearn 1973).
Created: 18 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 April 2009
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 April 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 31 March 2023
