Fucus aculeatus var. muscoides (Linnaeus) Withering 1801
Current name:
Acanthophora muscoides (Linnaeus) Bory
1. Branching pattern. 2. Fragment with spines on branches and branchlets. 3. Fragment with rape cystocarp. 4. Plant growing on rope of lobster farm construction (Mot Island, Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam). - 29 February 2012. Eduard and Tamara Titlyanova (etitlyanov@mail.ru)
Publication Details
Fucus aculeatus var. muscoides (Linnaeus) Withering 1801: 111
Published in: Withering, W. (1801). A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants; with an easy Introduction to the Study of Botany. The Fourth Edition, in Four Volumes. . London.
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 Acanthophora muscoides (Linnaeus) Bory.
Basionym
Fucus muscoides Linnaeus
Type Information
Type locality: Ascension Island; (Silva & al. 1996: 469) Type: LINN?;
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), prickly, spine-like (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 04 February 2018 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 16 November 2022
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 November 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 May 2025
