Himanthalia elongata

Himanthalia elongata

young thallus

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: Himanthaliaceae
Genus: Himanthalia
Species: Himanthalia elongata

Name

Himanthalia elongata (Linnaeus) S.F.Gray, 1821

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Fucus elongatus Linnaeus, 1753
    • Type locality: Habitat inter Angliam & Hispaniam [Living between England and Spain].
• Heterotypic
  • Fucus loreus Linnaeus, 1767
  • Fucus pruniformis Gunnerus, 1772
  • Funicularius tuberculatus Roussel, 1806, nom. illeg.
  • Himanthalia lorea (Linnaeus) Lyngbye, 1819
  • Himanthalia elongata var. inequalis S.F.Gray, 1821

References

• Gray, S.F. 1821. A natural arrangement of British plants, according to their relations to each other, as pointed out by Jussieu, De Candolle, Brown, &c. including those cultivated for use; with an introduction to botany, in which the terms newly introduced are explained; illustrated by figures. 1: i–xxviii, 1–824, pls. I–XXI. BHL Reference page. : 389
• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1159. Reference page. 
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Himanthalia elongata. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 31 March 2017.

Vernacular names

català: Espagueti de mar
Deutsch: Riementang
English: thongweed, sea thong, sea spaghetti
français: haricot de mer
Gàidhlig: Iomlach
galego: Cinta
norsk bokmål: Knapptang, Remtang
Nederlands: Zeespaghetti

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