Polymorpha stellata (Stackhouse) Stacxkhouse 1809

Current name: Mastocarpus stellatus (Stackhouse) Guiry
Galicia, Spain; hand-collected plants being driedFrancis Bunker (fbunker@marineseen.com)

Publication Details
Polymorpha stellata (Stackhouse) Stacxkhouse 1809: 72

Published in: Stackhouse, J. (1809). Tentamen marino-cryptogamicum, ordinem novum; in genera et species distributum, in Classe XXIVta Linnaei sistens. Mémoires de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 2: [50]-97.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Polymorpha is Polymorpha crispa (Stackhouse) Stackhouse.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Mastocarpus stellatus (Stackhouse) Guiry.

Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C. (1996-to date). Index Nominum Algarum. pp. Website. Berkeley: University of California.

Basionym
Fucus stellatus Stackhouse

Type Information
Type locality: western shores of England; (Stackhouse 1797: 53, pl. 12) Type: Stackhouse; Notes: The name has been typified with Stackhouse’s description in Withering (1797: 99); the original specimens have not been found. The figure in pl. 12 of Stackhouse (1797) could serve as a lectotype.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), stellate, with narrow divisions radiating from the center like the rays of a star (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 07 November 2019 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 07 November 2019

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 November 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 July 2025