Percursaria fucicola Meneghini 1840

Publication Details
Percursaria fucicola Meneghini 1840: 224

Published in: Zanardini, G. (1840). Sopra le alghe del mare Adriatico. Lettera seconda di Giovanni Zanardini, medico fisico in Venezia, alla Direzione della Biblioteca Italiana. Biblioteca Italiana 99: 195-229.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Percursaria is Conferva percursa C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Enteromorpha fucicola (Meneghini) Kützing.

Source of Synonymy
Kützing, F.T. (1856). Tabulae phycologicae; oder, Abbildungen der Tange. Vol. VI pp. i-iv, 1-35, 100 pls. Nordhausen: Gedruckt auf kosten des Verfassers (in commission bei W. Köhne).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), dwelling, growing on Fucus (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 30 June 2015

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Taxonomic note
Cormaci, Furnari & Alongi (2014: 106) consider this a taxon inquirendum. - (30 June 2015) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 June 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 July 2025

 
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