Virsodes ceranoides (Linnaeus) Kuntze
Current name:
Fucus ceranoides Linnaeus
Seaweed Point, Salthill, Galway, Ireland - 27 March 2011. M.D. Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Virsodes ceranoides (Linnaeus) Kuntze
Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Fucus ceranoides Linnaeus.
Basionym
Fucus ceranoides Linnaeus
Type Information
Type locality locality: "Habitat in Oceano" (Atlantic Ocean); (Linnaeus 1753: 1158)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), ?like a wild parsnip.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 July 2006
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 July 2006. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024