Ascophyllum nodosum

Ascophyllum nodosum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fucales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Chromista Subregnum: Harosa Infraregnum: Heterokonta Phylum: Ochrophyta Subphylum: Phaeista Infraphylum: Limnista Superclassis: Fucistia Classis: Phaeophyceae Subclassis: Fucophycidae Ordo: Fucales

Familia: Fucaceae
Genus: Ascophyllum
Species: Ascophyllum nodosum

Name

Ascophyllum nodosum (Linnaeus) Le Jolis, 1863

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Fucus nodosus Linnaeus, 1753
    • Type locality: Habitat in Mari Atlantico [Atlantic Ocean].
    • Holotype: LINN: LINN 1274.58, unlocalised specimen labelled "9" as in the protologue. Athanasiadis (1996: 217) indicated that no type has been designated." (ref. Algaebase)
• Homotypic
  • Fistularia nodosa (Linnaeus) Stackhouse, 1816
  • Halicoccus nodosus (Linnaeus) Lyngbye, 1819
  • Physocaulon nodosum (Linnaeus) Kützing, 1843
  • Ozothallia nodosa (Linnaeus) Decaisne & Thuret, 1845
  • Fucodium nodosum (Linnaeus) J.Agardh, 1848
  • Ascophylla nodosa (Linnaeus) Kuntze, 1894
• Heterotypic
  • Fucus mackayi Turner, 1808
  • Ascophylla laevigata Stackhouse, 1809
  • Fucus scorpioides Hornemann, 1813, nom. illeg. (later homonym of Fucus scorpioides Hudson, 1762)
  • Fistularia mackayi (Turner) Stackhouse, 1816
  • Chordaria scorpioides (Hornemann) Lyngbye, 1819
  • Physocaulon mackayi (Turner) Kützing, 1843
  • Ozothallia vulgaris Decaisne & Thuret, 1845
  • Ascophyllum mackayi (Turner) Holmes & Batters, 1892
  • Ascophyllum robertsonii (Batters) Batters, 1892

References

• Le Jolis, A. 1863. Liste des algues marines de Cherbourg. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 10: 5–168, pls I–IV. BHL Reference page. : 96
• M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Ascophyllum nodosum. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 2017-03-30.

Vernacular names

العربية: فوقس زقياني
dansk: Grisetang
Deutsch: Knotentang
English: Norwegian kelp, knotted kelp, knotted wrack, egg wrack
suomi: Solmulevä
føroyskt: Bólatari
français: Goémon noir, algue noueuse, robert
hrvatski: Mjehurasta haluga
íslenska: Klóþang
Nederlands: Knotswier
norsk: Grisetang

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