Fucus fascia O.F.Müller 1778
Current name:
Petalonia fascia (O.F.Müller) Kuntze
Cape of Good Hope, Cape Peninsula, South Africa - 18 November 2009. M.D. Guiry
Publication Details
Fucus fascia O.F.Müller 1778: 7, pl. 768
Published in: Müller, O.F. (1778). Flora danica. Vol. 5 (fasc. 13) pp. 8, pls 721-780. Havniae [Copenhagen].
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 Petalonia fascia (O.F.Müller) Kuntze.
Type Information
Type locality: near Kristiansand, Norway; (Silva & al. 1996: 632) Notes: Womersley (1987: 292) gives the following data: Type from Christiansund, Norway; probably non-existent.
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), a bundle or band (Mathieson & Dawes 2017).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 24 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 July 2017
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 July 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 September 2023
