Fucus ceranoides Linnaeus 1753

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Heterokontophyta
Subphylum Ochrophytina
Class Phaeophyceae
Subclass Fucophycidae
Order Fucales
Family Fucaceae
Genus Fucus

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Fucus ceranoides, North of Galicia, Spain, 2013, Ignacio Bárbara" . Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).

Fucus ceranoides, North of Galicia, Spain, 2013, Ignacio Bárbara" . Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).

River area of Caaveiro, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2012. 21 Mar 2021. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).

river area of Caaveiro, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2012. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).

Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland. 12 Feb 2012. M.D. Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie). © M.D. Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Clew Bay, Co. Mayo, Ireland. 23 Oct 2011. Liam Morrison. © Liam Morrison (liam.morrison@nuigalway.ie).

Clew Bay, Co. Mayo, Ireland. 23 Oct 2011. Liam Morrison. © Liam Morrison (liam.morrison@nuigalway.ie).

Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland. 03 Apr 2011. M.D. Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie). © M.D. Guiry.

Seaweed Point, Salthill, Galway, Ireland. 27 Mar 2011. M.D. Guiry. © M.D. Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Seaweed Point, Salthill, Galway, Ireland. 27 Mar 2011. M.D. Guiry. © M.D. Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

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Fucus ceranoides Linnaeus River area of Caaveiro, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2012
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Publication details
Fucus ceranoides Linnaeus 1753: 1158

Published in: Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol. 2 pp. [i], 561-1200, [1-30, index], [i, err.]. Holmiae [Stockholm]: Impensis Laurentii Salvii.
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Publication date: 1 May 1753

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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Fucus is Fucus vesiculosus Linnaeus.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type information
Type locality locality: "Habitat in Oceano" (Atlantic Ocean) (Linnaeus 1753: 1158).

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), ?like a wild parsnip.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Chondrus ceranoides (Linnaeus) Stackhouse 1797
Virsodes ceranoides (Linnaeus) Kuntze 1891

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Fucus harveyanus Decaisne 1864
Fucus harveyanus Decaisne ex J.Agardh 1868
Fucus divergens J.Agardh 1872
Fucus ceranoides f. divergens (J.Agardh) Kjellman 1880
Fucus ceranoides f. harveyanus (Decaisne) Kjellman 1880
Hesperophycus harveyanus (Decaisne) Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1910

Distributional notes
Nielsen & Gunnarsson (2001: 92) record this species as being an excluded species for the Faroe Islands.

General environment
This is a marine species.

Common names

(as Fucus ceranoides Linnaeus)
English: Horned wrack (Duddington 1966), Estuary Wrack (Bunker & al. 2010).

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Key references
Balkrishna, A. (2024). World herbal encyclopedia Volume 1. Algae [Acanthophora–Wrangelia]. pp. [i–xxxiii], 1–1136, numerous illustrations. Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India: Divya Prakashan.

De Toni, G.B. (1895). Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. III. Fucoideae. Vol. 3 pp. [i]-xvi, [1]-638. Patavii [Padua]: Sumptibus auctoris.

Fletcher, R.L. (2024). Brown seaweeds (Phaeophyceae) of Britain and Ireland. pp. [i]-x, [1]–806. London: Pelagic Publishing & Natural History Museum.

Jacquin, N.J. (1791 '1789'). Collectanea ad botanicam, chemiam, et historiam naturalem, spectantia cum figuris. Vol. III. In: . ( Eds), pp. [1]-306. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Ex Officina Wappleriana.

Kornmann, P. & Sahling, P.-H. (1994). Meeresalgen von Helgoland: Zweite Ergänzung. Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen 48: 365-406.

Loiseaux-de Goër, S. & Noailles, M.-C. (2008). Algues de Roscoff. pp. [1]-215, col. figs. Roscoff: Editions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff.

Spencer, M.A., Irvine, L.M. & Jarvis, C.E. (2009). Typification of Linnaean names relevant to algal nomenclature. Taxon 58(1): 237-260.

Wulfen, F.X. (1803). Cryptogama aquatica. Archives de Botanique 3: 1-64, pl. 1.

Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 18 October 2024 by M.D. Guiry

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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Bäck, S., Collins, J.C. & Russell, G. (1992). Recruitment of the Baltic flora: the Fucus ceranoides Enigma. Botanica Marina 35: 53-59, 5 figs.
Billard, E., Daguin, C., Pearson, G., Serrão, E., Engel C. & Valero M. (2005). Genetic isolation between three closely related taxa: Fucus vesiculosus, F. spiralis and F. ceranoides (Phaeophyceae). Journal of Phycology 41(4): 900-905.
Cairrao, E., Pereira, M.J., Morgado, F., Nogueira, A.J.A., Guilhermino, L. & Soares, A.M.V.M. (2009). Phenotypic variation of Fucus ceranoides, F. spiralis and F. vesiculosus in a temperate coast (NW Portugal). Botanical Studies 50: 205-215.
Khfaji, A.K. & Norton, T.A. (1979). The effects of salinity on the distribution of Fucus ceranoides. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 8: 433-439.
Lein, T.E. (1984). Distribution, reproduction, and ecology of Fucus ceranoides L. (Phaeophyceae) in Norway. Sarsia 69: 75-81.
Margalet, J.L., Almaraz, T., Navarro, M.J. & Pérez-Ruzafa, I.M. (1993). Mapas de distribución de algas marinas de la Península Ibérica. III. Fucus ceranoides L., F. serratus L., F. spiralis L. y F. vesiculosus L. (Fucales, Fucophyceae). Botanica Complutensis 18: 267-290.
Munda, I. (1964). Observations on variation in form and chemical composition of Fucus ceranoides L.. Nova Hedwigia 8: 403-414.
Munda, I. (1964). Water and electrolyte exchange in the brown algae Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jol., Fucus ceranoides L.. Botanica Marina 6: 158-188.
Neiva, J., Pearson, G.A., Valero, M. & Serrão, E.A. (2012). Fine-scale genetic breaks driven by historical range dynamics and ongoing density-barrier effects in the estuarine seaweed Fucus ceranoides L.. BMC Evol. Biol. 12 Article No. 78: .
Neiva, J.N., Pearson, G.A., Valero, M. & Serrão, E.A. (2010). Surfing the wave on a borrowed board: range expansion and spread of introgressed organellar genomes in the seaweed Fucus ceranoides L. Molecular Ecology 19: 4812-4822.

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