Fucus lycopodium Stackhouse, nom. illeg. 1802
Publication Details
Fucus lycopodium Stackhouse, nom. illeg. 1802: 107, pl. XVII [17] in part
Published in: Stackhouse, J. (1802 '1801'). Nereis britannica; continens species omnes fucorum in insulis britannicis crescentium: descriptione latine et anglico, necnon iconibus ad vivum depictis... Fasc. 3. pp. xxv-xl, 71-112, 1-4, 1-3, pls XIII-XVII, A-G. Bathoniae [Bath] & Londini [London]: S. Hazard; J. White.
Request PDFType 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 Rhodomela lycopodioides (Linnaeus) C.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C., Basson, P.W. & Moe, R.L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: [i]-xiv, 1-1259.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 28 July 2017 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 29 July 2017
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Nomenclatural note
Illegitimate: superfluous, unwarranted change of epithet for Fucus lycopodioides L. Silva, Basson & Moe (1995: 290) write "Stackhouse (1801: 107, pl. XVII, in part) illustrated an alga that he associated with Fucus lycopodioides Linnaeus (1767a: 717) (Rhodomela lycopodioides (Linnaeus) C. Agardh), but which in fact is probably Cladostephus spongiosus (Hudson) C. Agardh. Stackhouse changed the Linnaean epithet to lycopodium. Turner (l.c.) received an alga from the Red Sea that he associated with Stackhouse's illustration, suggesting that the alga illustrated by Stackhouse had come from the Mediterranean rather than from Yarmouth, England, as stated by Stackhouse. Knowing that Fucus lycopodioides had nothing to do with the alga from the Red Sea, Turner cited Fucus lycopodium Stackhouse, but with the exclusion of all synonyms. In accordance with Art. 48.1, Turner is considered to have described a new species whose name is a later homonym. Caulerpa lycopodium is treated as a nomen novum in accordance with Art. 58.3. It is difficult to understand why C. Agardh initially referred Turner's plant to Caulerpa." - (28 July 2017) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 July 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 June 2025
