Fucus fragilis Forsskål 1775

Actinotrichia fragilis (Forsskål) Børgesen

Current name: Actinotrichia fragilis (Forsskål) Børgesen
Palau Islands, West PacificPalau International Coral Reef Center

Publication Details
Fucus fragilis Forsskål 1775: 190

Published in: Forsskål, P. (1775). Flora Aegyptiaca-Arabica sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabium delicem detexit illustravit Petrus Forskål. Prof. Haun. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. pp. [1]-32, [i]- xxxvi, ... [1]-219, [220, err.], map. Hauniæ [Copenhagen]: ex officina Mölleri.

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Type 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 Actinotrichia fragilis (Forsskål) Børgesen.

Type Information
Type locality: Mokha, Yemen; (Silva & al. 1996: 104)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), fragile (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 08 March 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 20 June 2023

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 June 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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