WoRMS taxon details
Laurencia obtusa (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux, 1813
AphiaID: 144827
AphiaID: 144827
| Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Biliphyta (Subkingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Eurhodophytina (Subdivision) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Rhodymeniophycidae (Subclass) > Ceramiales (Order) > Rhodomelaceae (Family) > Laurencieae (Tribe) > Laurencia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Laurencia J.V.Lamouroux, 1813 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Laurencia J.V.Lamouroux, 1813 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Chondria obtusa (Hudson) C.Agardh, 1817 Fucus obtusus Hudson, 1778 Laurencia obtusata (misspelling) Sphaerococcus obtusus (Hudson) Wahlenberg, 1826 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details] basis of record: Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Silva, C., P. Basson & R. Moe (1996). Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Volume 79 of University of California Publications in Botany (ISBN 0-520-09810-2). [details] additional source: Fredericq, S., T. O. Cho, S. A. Earle, C. F. Gurgel, D. M. Krayesky, L. E. Mateo-Cid, A. C. Mendoza-González, J. N. Norris, and A. M. Suárez. 2009. Seaweeds of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 187–259 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. I. Biodiversity, pp. 187-259. Texas A&M Univ. Press. [details] basis of record (from synonym): Dulyamode, R. (1996). An overview of marine algae of Mauritius. In: Current Trends in Marine Botany Research in the East African Region. 132 - 140. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Forma Laurencia obtusa f. laxa Variety Laurencia obtusa var. compacta A.B.Cribb, 1958 Variety Laurencia obtusa var. densa Yamada Variety Laurencia obtusa var. divaricata Yamada, 1931 Variety Laurencia obtusa var. gracilis (C.Agardh) Zanardini, 1847 Variety Laurencia obtusa var. mollissima A.B.Cribb, 1958 Variety Laurencia obtusa var. pulvinata Feldmann Variety Laurencia obtusa var. pyramidica J.Agardh Variety Laurencia obtusa var. racemosa Kützing, 1865 Variety Laurencia obtusa var. rigidula Grunow, 1874 Variety Laurencia obtusa var. crucifera Kützing accepted as Laurencia obtusa var. gracilis (C.Agardh) Zanardini, 1847 Variety Laurencia obtusa var. dendroidea (J.Agardh) Yamada, 1931 accepted as Laurencia dendroidea J.Agardh, 1852 Variety Laurencia obtusa var. gelatinosa (Lamouroux) J.Agardh, 1852 accepted as Laurencia obtusa var. gracilis (C.Agardh) Zanardini, 1847 Variety Laurencia obtusa var. intricata (Lamouroux) J.Agardh, 1842 accepted as Laurencia intricata J.V.Lamouroux, 1813 Variety Laurencia obtusa var. majuscula Harvey, 1863 accepted as Laurencia majuscula (Harvey) A.H.S.Lucas, 1935 Variety Laurencia obtusa var. nana Harvey, 1834 accepted as Laurencia nidifica J.Agardh, 1852 Variety Laurencia obtusa var. natalensis (Kylin) Børgesen, 1945 accepted as Laurencia natalensis Kylin, 1938 Variety Laurencia obtusa var. paniculata (C.Agardh) Zanardini, 1847 accepted as Palisada thuyoides (Kützing) Cassano, Sentíes, Gil-Rodríguez & M.T.Fujii, 2009 Variety Laurencia obtusa var. pyramidata Bory ex J.Agardh, 1852 accepted as Laurencia pyramidalis Bory de Saint-Vincent ex Kützing, 1849 Variety Laurencia obtusa var. regia Harvey, 1863 accepted as Laurencia arbuscula Sonder, 1845 Variety Laurencia obtusa var. snackeyi (Weber-van Bosse) Yamada, 1931 accepted as Laurencia snackeyi (Weber-van Bosse) M.Masuda, 1997 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Indian Ocean [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mediterranean Sea [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] South Africa (country) [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | Published in AlgaeBase  To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (230 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144827 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Laurencia obtusa (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux, 1813. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2013). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144827 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||
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