Fucus lomentaria (Lyngbye) Sommerfelt 1826
Current name:
Scytosiphon lomentaria (Lyngbye) Link
microscope, TS thallus showing cortex, medullary cells and bundles of cortical hairs; Spain, Galicia, Ría de Betanzos, 2007Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Fucus lomentaria (Lyngbye) Sommerfelt 1826: 184 (as 'lometarius')
Published in: Sommerfelt, C. (1826). Supplementum Florae lapponicae quam edidit Dr. Georgius Wahlenberg auctore. pp. [i*-iii*], [i]-xii, [1]-331, [332, err.], 3 pls. Christianiae [Oslo]: typis Borgianis et Gröndahlianis.
Publication date: March 1826
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 Scytosiphon lomentaria (Lyngbye) Link.
Basionym
Chorda lomentaria Lyngbye
Type Information
Syntype localities: "Habitat in infimo refluxus limite ad littora Faeroensia, ut a Qvivig, copiosa. Ad Hammerhuus Bornholmiae" [Quivig, Faeroe Islands and Bornholm, Denmark]; (Lyngbye 1819: 74) Type: C; (Womersley 1987: 295) Notes: Womersley (1987: 295) gives the following data: Type from Quivig, Faroe Is; in Herb Lyngbye, C, which could constitute a lectotypification.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 27 June 2000 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 November 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 November 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024