Laurencia pinnatifida (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux 1813

Publication Details
Laurencia pinnatifida (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux 1813: 130

Published in: Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1813). Essai sur les genres de la famille des Thalassiophytes non articulées. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 20: 21-47, 115-139, 267-293, plates 7-13.

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Publication date: 1813

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Laurencia is Laurencia obtusa (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Osmundea pinnatifida (Hudson) Stackhouse.

Basionym
Fucus pinnatifidus Hudson

Type Information
Type locality: Harwich, Essex, England; (Silva & al. 1996: 534) Notes: This type locality was first recorded by Maggs & Hommersand (1993: 403, footnote). UK: England: Deal; collector: Mr. Dandridge (INA).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), pinnately cleft (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 17 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 27 July 2015

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Taxonomic note
See Nam et al. (1994) regarding the transfer to Osmundea. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Distributional note
Most Mediterranean records of this species should be referred to Osmundea truncata; see Nam, Maggs, McIvor & Stanhope (2000). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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