Desmarestia ligulata (Stackhouse) J.V.Lamouroux 1813

Current name:
Desmarestia ligulata (Stackhouse) J.V.Lamouroux
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Publication Details
Desmarestia ligulata (Stackhouse) J.V.Lamouroux 1813: 25
Published in: Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1813). Essai sur les genres de la famille des Thalassiophytes non articulées. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 20: 21-47, 115-139, 267-293, plates 7-13.
Publication date: 1813
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Desmarestia is Desmarestia aculeata (Linnaeus) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Herbacea ligulata Stackhouse
Type Information
see Fucus ligulatus Lightfoot;
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), ligulate (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 October 2024
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Nomenclatural note
M.J. Wynne commented (e-mail. August 2006) "...in regard to Gmelin's name of 1768, a species described from the Mediterranean. So nom. illeg. should be added after Fucus ligulatus Lightfoot Herbacea ligulata. Stackhouse (1809) salvaged the epithet, and thus the authorship is now: Desmarestia ligulata (Stackhouse) J.V. Lamouroux." - (17 August 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Habitat note
Low and mid intertidal; tide pool; epilithic (Augyte & Shaughnessy, 2014). - (03 December 2014) - G.M. Guiry
Usage note
The brown algae Desmarestia ligulata, and D. viridis accumulate Sulphuric Acid until their average internal pH is 0.5 to 0.8. A related species, D. aculeata, does not accumulate acid (McClintock et al. 1982) - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 February 2025