Gigantea digitata (Hudson) Stackhouse 1816
Current name:
Laminaria digitata (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux
Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; lower-shore plants - 26 March 2005. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
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.
Request PDFType 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.
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: 24 January 2011 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 29 August 2017
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Citing AlgaeBase
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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 09 December 2023
