Desmia aculeata (Linnaeus) Lyngbye 1819
Current name:
Desmarestia aculeata (Linnaeus) J.V.Lamouroux
Desmarestia aculeata, subtidal, Ría de A. Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2013, Ignacio BárbaraIgnacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Desmia aculeata (Linnaeus) Lyngbye 1819: 34, pl. 44 B. 1
Published in: Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Desmia is Desmia ligulata (Lightfoot) Lyngbye.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Desmarestia aculeata (Linnaeus) J.V.Lamouroux.
Basionym
Fucus aculeatus Linnaeus
Type Information
Type locality: between England and France; (Silva & al. 1996: 901)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), prickly, spine-like (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 24 July 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 July 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024