Laurencia obtusa (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux 1813

Current name:
Laurencia obtusa (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux
Tarifa, Cádiz, Spain - 17 March 2021. Maria Altamirano Jeschke
Publication Details
Laurencia obtusa (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux 1813: 130
Published in: 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.
Publication date: 1813
Type Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Laurencia.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Fucus obtusus Hudson
Type Information
Type locality: Southern England (Hastings, Sussex; Devon; (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 38) Lectotype: BM-K, ex Herb. Hudson; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 398) Notes: Undated, unlocalized Maggs & Hommersand (1993:308).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), obtuse, blunt (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 March 2021
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Taxonomic notes
John et al. (2004) cite Chondriopsis subtilis (Kütz) J. Agardh as a synonym of this species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
According to Fujii et al. (2006: 439), the species referred to as Laurencia obtusa in the western Atlantic is distinct from eastern Atlantic L. obtusa. - (14 September 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Phylogenetic analyses revealed that the taxa previously identified and cited in Brazil as Laurencia filiformis, L. majuscula and L. obtusa and in the Canary Islands as L. majuscula all represent the same taxonomic entity, i.e., L. dendroidea (Cassano et al. 2012). - (30 March 2012) - G.M. Guiry
Habitat note
Widespread in warm and temperate waters (Lipkin & Silva 2002). Epiphytic, very rarely on dead shells, typically forming dense stands in extensive shallow mid-shore pools and occasionally near extreme low water on fairly sheltered to fairly exposed shores; rarely subtidal to 6 m depth at extremely sheltered sites (Maggs & Hommersand 1993). - (10 June 2010) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 March 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 February 2025