Gigantea digitata (Hudson) Stackhouse 1816

Current name: Laminaria digitata (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux
Silver Strand, Co. Galway, Ireland - 05 April 2012. M.D. Guiry

Publication Details
Gigantea digitata (Hudson) Stackhouse 1816: xi

Published in: Stackhouse, J. (1816). Nereis britannica Editio altera. Nova addita classificatione cryptogamiarum [sic] respectu generis Fuci. pp. [i]-xii, [i]- 68, 20 plates. Oxford: S. Collingwood.

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Type Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Gigantea.

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

Source of Synonymy
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.

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 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 24 January 2011 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 04 November 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 November 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 May 2025