Hafgygia digitata (Hudson) Kützing 1843

Laminaria digitata (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux

Current name: Laminaria digitata (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux
Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; plants at MLWS; young holdfast attaching to crustose corallines - 18 April 2003. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Hafgygia digitata (Hudson) Kützing 1843: 343

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.

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Publication date: 14-16 Sep 1843

Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Laminaria digitata (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.

Basionym
Fucus digitatus Hudson

Type Information
Type locality: Habitat in rupibus marinis [Dwells on marine rocks, England]; (Hudson 1762: 475)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), digitate, with leaflets radiating from tip of leaf-stalk (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 21 January 2011 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 29 August 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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