Fucus callopilophorus Forsskål, nom. inval. 1775

Publication Details
Fucus callopilophorus Forsskål, nom. inval. 1775: lxxviii

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 Acetabularia acetabulum (Linnaeus) P.C.Silva.

Source of Synonymy
Papenfuss, G.F. (1968). A history, catalogue, and bibliography of the Red Sea benthic algae. Israel Journal of Botany 17: 1-118, 1 table, 1 folded map.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 June 2021

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Nomenclatural note
Invalid: "nomen" [INA]. - (20 November 2017) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 June 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 July 2025

 
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