Fucus pseudopalmatus J.V.Lamouroux 1805
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Subclass Fucophycidae
Order Fucales
Family Fucaceae
Genus Fucus
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Piedra Seca, Ría de Arousa, Galicia, Spain, 2007; TS thallus at margin. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
Piedra Seca, Ría de Arousa, Galicia, Spain, 2007; TS thallus. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
Muigh Inis, Co. Galway, Ireland; on Laminaria hyperborea. 13 Apr 2006. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Rhodymenia pseudopalmata (J.V.Lamouroux) P.C.Silva Piedra Seca, Ría de Arousa, Galicia, Spain, 2007; TS thallus at margin
© Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication details
Fucus pseudopalmatus J.V.Lamouroux 1805: 29, pl. 25: fig. 2
Published in: Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1805). Dissertations sur plusieurs espèces de Fucus, peu connues ou nouvelles; avec leur description en Latin et en Français. pp. [i]-xxiv, [1]-85, plus 36 plates. Agen & Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Raymond Nouvel & Chez Treuttel et Würtz. Download PDF
Publication date: An xiii = 1805
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 Rhodymenia pseudopalmata (J.V.Lamouroux) P.C.Silva
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), resembling [Palmaria] palmata (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Type information
Type locality: "In Vasconio sinu, Hispaniaeque oris habitat." [A Coruña, Spain] (Lamouroux 1805: 29). Lectotype: CN fig. 1 (Guiry 1977 Notes: In the discussion specimens from rocks at Biarritz are mentioned.
No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.
Source of current name
Silva, P.C. (1952). A review of nomenclatural conservation in the algae from the point of view of the type method. University of California Publications in Botany 25: 241-323.
Created: 25 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 13 November 2020 by M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021.
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