Pleurocladia lucifuga (Kuckuck) Wilce 1966
Publication Details
Pleurocladia lucifuga (Kuckuck) Wilce 1966: 64
Published in: Wilce, R.T. (1966). Pleurocladia lacustris in Arctic America. Journal of Phycology 2: 57-66.
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The type species (holotype) of the genus Pleurocladia is Pleurocladia lacustris A.Braun.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Ectocarpus lucifugus Kuckuck
Type Information
Type locality: Helgoland; (Athanasiadis 1996: 142) Type: Kuckuck’s original illustration;
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 08 July 2000 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 17 October 2024
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Habitat note
"Epilithic, high upper eulittoral, exposed on cliff faces, associated with, and sometimes emerging through, gelatinous colonies of Chrysophyceae, and frequently mixed with the fleece-like growths of the green alga Chaetomorpha tortuosa; this is the highest shore height recorded for brown algae and is probably only reached by the highest spring tides and/or seawater spray. Rarely recorded and only collected in Britain by the present author from the chalk cliff faces and cuttings of the Kent (Thanet) coast, and from the sandstone cliff faces of St Andrews, Scotland; likely to be more widespread." (Fletcher 2024: 471) - (17 October 2024) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 June 2025
