Fucus compressus Esper 1799

Cystoseira compressa (Esper) Gerloff & Nizamuddin

Current name: Cystoseira compressa (Esper) Gerloff & Nizamuddin
 Pantelleria (southern Italy), 0.5 m deep - 07 July 2022.  G. Marletta

Publication Details
Fucus compressus Esper 1799: 152, pl. LXXVII [77]: figs 1-3

Published in: Esper, E.J.C. (1799). Icones fucorum cum characteribus systematicis, synonimis (sic) auctorum et descriptionibus novarum specierum. Abbildungen der Tange mit beygefügten systematischen Kennzeichen, Anführungen der Schriftsteller, und Beschribungen der neuen Gattungen. Erster Theil. Part 3. pp. 127-166, Plates LXIV-LXXXVII. Nürnberg: Raspe.

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 Cystoseira compressa (Esper) Gerloff & Nizamuddin.

Type Information
Type locality: "Adriatischen Meers"; (Esper 1799: 152) Type: Wulfen; (Index Nominum Algarum) Notes: Adriatic.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), flattened, usually laterally (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 22 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 November 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 November 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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